Product groups
Use product groups to associate multiple products together for calculation purposes.
Example
Suppose you need to add concession commissions together from previous settlements to determine if the commission percent decreases. A product group that aggregates the products which earn commission could help you do that:
Products can be assigned to a group in the Product Group window, individually in the Product window, or using the mass changer.
Create a product group
- In the Navigation pane, highlight the Contracts Processing > Setup > Product Groups folder.
-
Click
. The New Product Group window opens.
- Enter a unique Name for the product group.
- Enter a Description of the product group.
- Select the Products which are part of the product group.
- When you finish, save your changes.
Purpose
The Groups Listing provides a list of the product groups defined in your system.
Content
For each product group on the report, the listing shows:
- name
- description.
In addition, you can include one or more of the following:
- detail (products)
- timestamps
- memos
- custom fields.
The following total appears on the report:
- record count.
Print the report
- In the Navigation pane, highlight the Contracts Processing > Setup > Product Groups folder.
- Start the report set-up wizard.
- To report on all or a filtered subset of product groups:
- Right-click the Product Groups folder and select Select and Report > Groups Listing from the shortcut menu.
On the Selection tab, define any filters to apply to the data.
- To report on specifically selected product groups:
- In the HD view, select the product groups to include on the report. You can use Ctrl and/or Shift selection to select multiple records.
- Click
and select Groups Listing from the drop-down menu.
- To report on a particular product group from the Product Group window:
- In the HD view, locate and double-click the product group to report on. The Product Group window opens with the product group loaded.
- Click
and select Groups Listing from the drop-down menu.
- To report on all or a filtered subset of product groups:
- On the Options tab, mark the checkbox(es) for the additional information to include:
- Detail
- Report Options. To include a section at the end of the report with the report settings used to produce the report, leave the checkbox marked. To produce the report without this information, clear the checkbox.
- Timestamps
- Memos
- Custom Fields (only visible if custom fields are set up)
- Select the Output tab.
- In the Design field, look up and select the report design to use.
- In the toolbar, click the icon for the type of output you want:
- Provides access to two preview options.
- Preview - Click the icon or click the drop-down arrow and select Preview from the drop-down menu to view the report in the Crystal Reports viewer.
- Preview to PDF - Click the drop-down arrow next to the icon and select Preview to PDF to view the report in the PDF reader.
- Opens the Print dialog so that you can select and configure a printer and then print a paper copy of the report.
- Opens the Report Email dialog so that you can address and compose an email that the report will be attached to. For best results, ensure your email client is running before you attempt to send a report via email.
- Opens the Export Report dialog so that you can save the report to a file. File types include Crystal Reports (.rpt), PDF (.pdf), Microsoft Excel (.xls), Microsoft Word (.doc), rich text (.rtf), and XML (.xml).
Data extensions
The following data extensions are available for the report:
- Groups
- Products
Product Group Record ID
Group tab
The products associated with the product group.
Press F2 to open a dialog box where you can add and remove selections for this field.
Press F3 to look up the item.
Custom tab
This tab is visible if custom fields exist for the entity. At a minimum, if there are custom fields, a Fields subtab will be present. One or more additional categories of subtabs may also be visible.
Fields subtab
This tab prompts for values for any custom fields set up for entity records of this entity type. Respond to the prompts as appropriate.
References subtab
This tab is visible if other records reference the current record.
Example
Suppose a custom field exists on PRCodes that references an ARCode. On the ARCode record, on the Custom > References subtab, you can view all the PRCodes which reference that ARCode.
Exchange Folder subtab
This tab is visible only if you set up a custom field with a data type of "Exchange Folder". The label on this tab is the name assigned to the custom field.
This tab shows the contents of the specified Exchange folder.
File subtab
This tab is visible only if you set up a custom field with a data type of "File". The label on the tab is the name assigned to the custom field.
This tab renders the contents of the specified file according to its file type.
Internet Address subtab
This tab is visible only if you set up a custom field with a data type of "Internet Address". The label on this tab is the name assigned to the custom field.
This tab shows the contents of the specified web page.
Network Folder subtab
This tab is visible only if you set up a custom field with a data type of "Network Folder". The label on this tab is the name assigned to the custom field.
This tab shows the contents of the specified network folder.
Attachments tab
The Attachments tab is visible if any record for a given entity has an attachment. If the Attachments tab is not visible, this implies that no record of the entity type has an attachment on it; however, once an attachment is added to any record of the entity type, the Attachments tab will become available.
Other tab
Product groups security
Common accesses available on product groups
Report Email dialog
- Windows user default account. Sends email using the user's Windows default email account. For most users, this is the account configured in Outlook or another email client application.
- Server personal. Sends email using the email configuration for the system or company server and the email address on the current user's authorized user record. The authorized user record must have a confirmed email address.
- Server generic. Sends email using the email configuration and "from" address for the system or company server. This option requires "Send generic" access to the Server Email resource.
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