Enter Purchase (Batch Mode) window

Select a category for the item, such as furniture or toys.

You can right-click in this box and select Clear Category to clear the selection in this box and the Sub Category box.

The options available in this box are set up on the Inventory Categories window.

Select a subcategory for the item, such as sofa or puzzle.

You can right-click in this box and select Clear Sub Category to clear the selection in this box.

The options in this box are set up on the Edit Sub Categories window.

Select a manufacturer for the item, such as Herman Miller or Fisher Price.

The options in this box are set up on the Establish Manufacturers and Publishers window. If you do not wish to track a manufacturer, set the default value to Not Applicable.

Select this check box to display the Item Detail window for each item you enter in batch mode. The Item Detail window displays when you click Add.

Select a location to apply to this purchase batch, if different from the default. This box is unavailable once inventory is added to the batch.

Displays the customer name selected on the Pick Customer window. Click to view the account name, address, and other demographic information including phone numbers and email. Right-click in this box to copy the email address information to the clipboard.

Displays the current date. This value may be changed if necessary.

To quickly enter today's date, press T on your keyboard. To quickly back-date or forward-date by one day, use the Hyphen key (-) and Equal key (=) on your keyboard (alternatively, use the Minus Sign and Plus Sign keys on your keyboard number pad). To quickly back-date or forward-date by one month, use the Page Up and Page Down keys on your keyboard.

This box supports F6 functionality; the Choose Date window opens.

Displays the automatically generated reference number based on system variable NextInvoice. This number may be optionally changed, but must not duplicate any other reference number.

Note: Tri-Tech does not recommend changing this number.

Purchased Items grid columns To update information in the grid you can click directly into the grid and make changes, highlight an item on the grid and click View Details, or highlight an item then right click and click Item Details.

The columns in this grid can be added, removed, reordered, and resized on the Consignment/Purchase Inventory Column Properties window.

Displays the number of this item you purchased and are receiving into inventory. Change this value as necessary by typing directly into the grid.

Displays the category you selected for this purchased item. Change this value as necessary by clicking directly into the grid and selecting a different category. This value is required.

Displays the subcategory you selected for this purchased item. Change this value as necessary by clicking directly into the grid and selecting a different subcategory. This value is required.

Displays the description of the subcategory you selected for this purchased item, if system variable ConsignmentDesc is set to Y. Otherwise, this column is blank by default. Change this value as necessary by typing directly into the grid. This value is required.

Displays the selling price you entered for this purchased item on the Item Detail window. Change this value as necessary by typing directly into the grid. This value is required.

Displays the minimum price the item can be sold for as entered on the Item Detail window. Change this value as necessary by typing directly into the grid.

Displays the color you entered for the item on the Item Detail window. Change this value as necessary by typing directly into the grid.

Displays the size you entered for the item on the Item Detail window. Change this value as necessary by typing directly into the grid.

Displays the manufacturer you selected for this purchased item. Change this value as necessary by typing directly into the grid. This value is required.

Displays the automatically generated serial number for the purchased item.

Select this check box to automatically print labels for the items when you click Save. The number of labels that prints is determined by the ConsignmentBarcode system variable.

Adds the purchased item to the Purchased Items grid. If the Pop Details Window During Add check box is selected, the Item Detail window displays first so that you can enter values for quantity, size, color, pricing, and so on, before the item is added to the grid.

Saves your purchase batch and displays the Return Payments window.

Highlight an item in the Purchased Items grid and click this button to display the Item Detail window and view or change information about the item.

Highlight an item in the Purchased Items grid and click this button to remove the item from this purchase batch.