Item Types Maintenance
The QAD CSS Item Types Maintenance function lets administrators establish categories of items and their relationships to each other. Item types can be set up globally, by customer group, or by customer. This feature of QAD CSS lets you categorize items as if presented in a sales catalog. This feature is probably difficult to implement using Item Master Maintenance (1.4.1) in QAD EA.
Note: Item types—the same as items—are domain-specific. Make sure that you indicate which data source (domain) each category is associated with.
Item categories are typically created automatically during the load of item information from QAD EA. If you are using order entry type 2, you can use the function after load to modify category data if needed or associate images with categories.
QAD Customer Self Service Implementation Guide provides details about using load functions to add QAD EA customer and item information to your QAD CSS database.
The implementation of QAD CSS affects both the usage and requirements of item type information stored in QAD CSS. A thorough working knowledge of the item load process and implementation of the Order module is recommended before changing any item type information.
Item Type Information in Order Entry
The menu location of Item Types Maintenance is Home Menu|Administration Menu|Item Types Maintenance.
Clicking the Item Types Maintenance menu option displays the screen in
Item Types Maintenance.
Item Types Maintenance
Item Types Maintenance Navigation summarizes the contents of the Item Types Maintenance navigation screen.
Item Types Maintenance Navigation
Column | Search | Search Type | Sort | Description | Link |
Customer Number | Y | Begins | Y | The unique identifier in both QAD EA and QAD CSS. It is an integral link between the two systems. When blank, this record is viewable by all customers. | Y |
Language | Y | Begins | Y | Identifies the language of this item type entry. | N |
Code 0–5 | Y | Begins | Y | The codes that link the category to the items (code 0, 1 … 5). | N |
Related QAD CSS functions:
• Security Group Maintenance
• Order Entry 1
• Order Entry 2
Adding an Item Types Entry
The Add function of Item Types Maintenance lets an administrator add new item category nodes to the item structure.
To create an item types entry:
1 Click Add in the navigation window to display the edit screen in Add mode.
2 Enter data into the appropriate fields.
3 Click Add to commit this function.
Note: Category descriptions must be unique in relation to the category code. Different category codes cannot share description.
Detail Edit Item Types
Data Source
Choose the domain that this item type is associated with.
Customer Number
The unique identifier in both QAD EA and QAD CSS. It is an integral link between the two systems. When blank, this record is viewable by all customers.
Language Code
Indicate the language of this item types entry.
Primary Icon Image
The path and file name of the icon image relative to the QAD CSS images directory.
Note: All category icons are a feature of Order Entry 2. Primary icons are placed next to the category name in the left panel of the Order Entry 2 item search screen. Other category icons are available for display in the drill-down section that indicates current location in the category tree.
The showGroupImage system registry setting determines whether the image displays to the right or left of the category description.
Primary Icon Alt Text
The text displayed if the primary icon cannot be displayed.
Primary Icon Height
Enter the height of the image in pixels.
Primary Icon Width
Enter the width of the image in pixels.
Note: It is recommended to specify image height and width to optimize the display performance of the Web site in all Web browsers.
Code
Enter a code from 0 through 5 linking the category to the items.
Description
The displayed text representing this category.
Note: Category descriptions must be unique in relation to the category code. No two category codes can share description.
Icon Image
Enter the path and file name of the icon image relative to the QAD CSS images directory.
Icon Alt Text
Enter the text displayed if the primary icon cannot be displayed.
Icon Height
Enter the height of the image in pixels.
Icon Width
Enter the width of the image in pixels.
Clicking a command button executes one of the following actions:
• Add saves the new record to the database in the wpro_itemtypes table. Make sure that all required fields—indicated by alternate field color—are populated before you save a record. Before saving, the system verifies that the record is unique and displays an error if it is not.
• Cancel closes the window without adding the record.
Modifying an Item Types Entry
The Modify function of Item Types Maintenance lets an administrator modify existing Item Types Entries. Requirements for adding a record are the same as for editing a record.
To modify an entry:
1 Display the record to modify.
2 Click the Code 0 link to display the edit screen.
3 Enter data into the appropriate fields. Fields that do not allow change are indicated by a second alternate color.
4 Click Save to commit your changes.
