Using Product and Quantity Selection

Use Product and Quantity Selection to review all the products in a product family, price line, or buy line. In addition, use the utility to do the following:

Review product quantity available at a branch if the utility was accessed from a screen with a branch already defined.
Review product quantity committed to a purchase order (P/O) if the utility was accessed from a screen associated with a P/O.
Select amounts of products to place onto P/Os or other screens from which the utility was accessed.

Access Product and Quantity Selection from Purchase Order Entry or from other product maintenance screens, such as Product Kit Maintenance, when you enter a product family, price line, or buy line. You cannot access the utility from a menu.

To use Product and Quantity Selection:

Display the parent screen from which to access the Product and Quantity Selection utility.
Do one of the following to display the Product and Quantity Selection screen for a product family, price line, or buy line:

To display the screen for a...

In the Product Description field, enter...

product family or price line

one of the following:

/ to list all product families and price lines available. Select the product family or price line.
/ followed by the product family or price line.

buy line

one of the following:

// to list all available buy lines. Select the buy line.
// followed by the buy line ID.

Review the following information on the screen:

Column	Description
Product Description	Each product within the product family, price line, or buy line.
Avail Qty	Quantity available for the product at the branch displayed on the parent screen from which this screen was accessed. Note: When the parent screen does not have a branch displayed, the available quantity is not displayed.
On P/O	Amount of product already committed on the P/O from which this screen was accessed. Note: When the parent screen is not tied to a P/O, the committed quantity is not displayed.

In the Order Qty field, enter the amount of the product to select and place on the parent screen.

For items you do not want to select, leave the Order Qty field blank.

Press Esc to copy the selected products and quantities to the parent screen.

More Options from the Product and Quantity Selection Screen

The Product and Quantity Selection screen also offers these options:

Hot Key	Description
Sales Hist	Displays the summary Product Sales History screen for the selected product. Use this screen to compare a product's transaction history at one branch. Note: When accessing this screen from a screen where the branch is not identified, the Product Sales History screen does not display data.
Sales Hist : Off (On)	Toggles between displaying the summary Product Sales History screen for each product as you scroll through the list, or not displaying the screen.
History Ledger	Displays the Inventory History Ledger screen for the selected product. Use this screen to review the following transactions for a product in and out of inventory at the specified branch
Future Ledger	Displays the Future Ledger screen for the selected product. Use this screen to view the inventory forecasts for a product within a selected branch.
Inv Inq	Displays the Inventory Inquiry screen for the selected product. Use this screen to review product availability and inventory information.