Products are initially sequenced within a buy line according to the order in which they are created. When searching for a buy line in order entry transaction, the products display in a list from which to make selections. This list is sorted by product number. The Resequence Buy Line program lets you rearrange the sort sequence of the products in a buy line. For example, you have new models of products. You insert the new products and then resequence the buy line.
After resequencing, if you use the slash buy line feature (//buy line name) in Purchase Order Entry and other programs to display the products in a buy line, the products display in the resequenced order.
To access the product record for an item in the buy line, select the item, right-click, and select Product Maintenance.
Run the resequence program after creating or adding new products to a buy line. Resequencing time depends on the amount of products in that buy line.
To resequence a buy line:
From the Purchase > Maintenance menu, select Resequence Buy Line to display the Resequence Buy Line window.
In the Buy Line field, enter the name of the buy line you want to update and press Enter.
From the Edit menu, as follows:
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Menu selection... |
To... |
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Edit > Find |
search for a product the buy line |
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Edit > Move Row |
adjust a product's position in the buy line |
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Edit > Insert Row |
add an item to the buy line |
From the File menu, select Sort to sort by the following:
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Sort By Option |
Displays the products... |
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Sort by |
in order according to the number in the Sort Code field in each product’s product record. |
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Alpha |
using a left justified sort with numbers coming before letters, and with upper case letters coming before lower case letters. |
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Numeric |
using a right justified sort of the entire product description no matter how long it is. Only do a numeric sort of the products if the description of every product in the line is limited to the first line and consists only of a manufacturer's part number. |
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'Like' Products |
according to similar product descriptions. |
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Keyword #1 |
according to the first entry in the Additional Key Words field in Product Maintenance. Products not assigned additional keywords appear before those that do have assigned keywords. |
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Keyword #2 |
according to the second entry in the Additional Key Words field in Product Maintenance. Products not assigned additional keywords appear before those that do have assigned keywords. |
Exit the window to complete the resequence.
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