Last Used Mask Values


System Maintenance Menu -> Configure System Settings -> System -> Company & Divisions -> Company Parameters -> Inventory Parameters -> Mask To Use For Sales Products -> >Last Used Mask Values

System Maintenance Menu -> Configure System Settings -> System -> Company & Divisions -> Company Parameters -> Inventory Parameters -> Mask To Use For Rental Products -> >Last Used Mask Values


There are several auto-assign product numbering options that can be activated from the Company Inventory Parameters.
The numbering conventions can be defined separately for Sales and for Rental products.

Manual assign may be used at the same time with any of the auto-assign options.
There are several auto-assign formats.
Rental Product numbers are usually setup using one of the Group/Class auto-assign formats.

Following are the mask options:

Note: If a product mask is defined for assigning new product numbers, the operator can always over-type the product number with a manual number when preferred.

When a product masks are utilized, this window can be used to view and update the next product number to be used when new products are added for a Group.

The prompts are:

SEQ
The sequence number tracks the mask records in this file.

MASK
Each Mask format that has been used as a numbering convention by your firm is displayed.
Refer to the mask options in the Company Inventory Parameters for the various compositions.

LAST USED
The number that was last assigned to a new product number for this mask is displayed.
This value can be changed to start the numbering of new products using this mask at a different number.

Last Used Hits Maximum:
When the product mask uses a number of 9's to number the products and the number of products meets that limit, the mask is automatically adjusted or 'rolled-over'.
The product mask will increase the available size of the number if the maximum number has been met.
i.e. MASK: CCGG-99 increases to CCGG-999 after 99 is used up or MASK: S999 increases to S9999 after 999 is used up

The following Last Used is respected:

  • If the new mask already has a running balance (i.e. the new mask has already been used) then numbering will continue incrementing from that Last Used.
  • If the new mask does not have a running balance then the count will be set to a high enough starting number so that the numbers will not overlap or be re-used.
    i.e. MASK: GGGG-999 increases to GGGG-9999 and then first product will be assigned GGGG-1000 and not GGGG-0001.


Finished?
Click ACCEPT to accept the product numbering information to use in formulating the new product numbers.

Note: The next available product number is NOT assigned to new Bulk Rental equipment.
Because a bulk number does not represent a unique piece of equipment, bulk items always default to an extension of -00. e.g. 2301-00, 1001-00
This can always be over-typed as required if there are more than one bulk product number in the Group or in the numbering mask.


Topic Keyword: PRODMASK (3850)
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