Use User Defined Auto Price Updating to update pricing information for products already in your inventory. Before you run the update you must complete the following:
To ensure that the products update correctly, we recommend that you run the update program only for products already in your inventory.
During the first run of an update file, view each product record to ensure that the information is updating correctly. After you verify the accuracy of the data, you can include the new products and run the update a second time without interruption.
To update product information:
Display the character-based system.
Note: The Auto Price Update functionality has not been incorporated into Solar Eclipse as of this release.
From the System > Printers menu, select Your Hold Entries to display the Spooler Control screen.
Position the cursor on the update file, and use the Process hot key to display the User Defined Upload Processing screen.
In the Processing Type field, enter Auto Product Price Updating and use the Begin hot key to display the User Defined Auto Price Updating screen.
In the Work ID field, enter the appropriate work ID for the update file.
In the New Items Mode field, enter Ignore.
Products processed in the Ignore mode are listed in the background, tagged as follows:
Skipped - New items and products that were not updated because the price sheet was incomplete.
Updated - Items that have successfully updated. When the system encounters a product with a new price line or price sheet discount class, it displays the Price Sheet Entry screen so you can make corrections, if needed.
Use the Begin hot key and select an effective date.
At the Ignored Items prompt, enter one of the following:
Y - Creates and sends the Ignored Items report to your Hold file. This report lists new products and existing products that were not updated.
N - Runs the update without creating a report.
At the ##of Steps/Continue/Edit update prompt, enter E (edit product) to display the Product Maintenance screen for the last product displayed in the list in the background.
View the first updated product record to verify that information was entered correctly.
Use the Prices hot key and the PriceSheet hot key to verify that the price you are updating for the new effective date is correct.
Press Esc when finished to exit the product record screens and redisplay the ##of Steps/Continue/Edit update prompt.
Enter one of the following to determine how the update should proceed:
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Value |
Description |
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[A number] ## of Steps |
Enter the number of products from this file that you want to update before prompting. For example, if you enter 1, the prompt returns after each product is updated; if you enter 25 the prompt returns after 25 products have been updated. If you enter a large number and the update is incorrect, you must manually correct that many records. We recommend entering 1 in this field, so that you can verify the accuracy of each product record and make any corrections before continuing. |
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Continue |
Enter C to process the items without prompting. Exception: the system prompts you if it encounters a new product and the New Items Mode is set to Prompt, or if it encounters an incomplete price sheet. If the system encounters a new price sheet for which a formula has not been entered, it displays the Price Sheet Entry screen. Once you enter a formula, the system continues updating products. Note: Use this value only if you have verified products are updating correctly. |
When you finish updating records, press Esc until you return to Spooler Control.
If items that are part of your product file appear in the Ignored Items report, the UPC number or the user-defined product number may be missing from the product record for those items. If so, use the Edit Detail hot key on the Hold Entry Preview screen to display the product record. Correct those product records and re-run the Ignore mode. If the product number still appears on the report, contact Eclipse Support.
See Also:
Creating Default Product Profiles