Editing Item Categories

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You create or modify item categories using the item category editor. The usual way to open the editor is to click New Item Category or Edit in the View section of Coding Definitions | Items | Item Categories.

The item category editor window contains the following:

Details section: Shows basic information for the record.

Code: A brief code to identify this record. No two records may have the same code.

Description: A longer description of the item category.

Comments: Any comments you want to associate with the item category.

Items section: Shows any items that use this item category. For more on items, see Inventory Item Records.

Save & New: Saves the current record and sets up the window for you to enter a new record. Fields in the new record will be blank or set to default values.

Save: Saves the current record. The editor window stays open in case you want to make more changes to the same record.

Save & Close: Saves the current record and closes the editor window.

Cancel: Closes the window without saving any changes you've made to the record since the last time you saved. When you Save the record, the Cancel button changes to Close, indicating that you can safely close the window without losing any changes.

Close: Closes the window. This button only appears after you've saved changes with Save or before you've entered any data at all. Otherwise, the button is labeled Cancel.

For more on item categories, see Item Categories. For more on viewing item categories, see Viewing Item Categories. For more on editors in general, see Using Editors.

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