Editing Specials

All of the menu selections and Tool bar buttons are standard throughout File Maintenance.

To add or edit a Special, highlight its line first. Then, there are several ways to access the editing display:

Select Edit > Edit

Right-click the mouse and select Edit Item.

The Edit Special window displays.

Use the  buttons to reveal additional window tabs.

DESCRIPTION: Up to 60 characters.

CATEGORY: 000 to 999 tells the program to which Category this item belongs if you run a Summary by Category. You can select the Category by the number (found on the left) or the description (located on the right).  In either field, use to view the Categories.

There are seven tabs within the Specials edit display. These are Material, Field Labor, Shop Labor, Weight, Area/Volume, User Def 1, and User Def 2.

The following fields are in all of the tabs:

UNIT: This allows you to select the unit cost type. The selections are Sized, Manual, Quote, and FBO.

SUBTOTAL: Select which Subtotal group you wish the Special to be in.  You can select the Subtotal by the number (found on the left) or the description (located on the right).  In either field, use to view the Categories.

Changing the Material Subtotal on a special defaults all of the other Subtotals, found on the other tabs, to the selected Subtotal.

The following fields are in the Material tab only:

UPC: Also known as the Universal Product Code (or Bar Code) of the Item,  this number can be up to 11 characters, and is used for automatic price updating (such as TraSer).

VENDOR: This field is used to record the Vendor Code if applicable.  Vendor Codes are Item numbers used by the Ferguson service company.

BUYER: This field is used to record a Buyer Code.  Buyer Codes are Item numbers used by the Harrison service company.

The following field is in both the Field Labor and Shop Labor tabs:

CODE: This is the Field Labor or Shop Labor code.

If you are adding a Special, the Edit field is blank when first accessed.
The Unit of Measure (UOM) can be edited for Specials.
Certain Edit selections (namely Edit, Copy, Paste, and Delete) can also be accessed by clicking the secondary mouse button (right button for right-handed users; left button for left-handed users) once on a highlighted item.