Displaying Item Detail

Use the following procedure to display detail about an item before you post it (add it to a transaction) in POS. The detail that displays includes quantity on hand, quantity on order, multiple location codes, recent promotion prices, policy A flag (catalog users only), the word Discontinued or Store Closeout in red if the item is discontinued or closeout, etc.

Setup Information

POS can be configured to automatically display item information before posting the item, or to automatically post items, without pausing to display item information. In either case, item information can always be displayed by using Display (KPad/) with an item entered in the POS posting Item field. The item information can have as many as three windows, with Display (KPad/) used to scroll through the multiple windows. The first window can be an optional simplified display or a full display of item information, and optionally followed by a window showing other store location inventory information.

Set up options 460 “'Display' After Barcode Scan?determines what part information displays at POS when a UPC is scanned. If you are not using a bar code scanner, you can set this option to D-“Display after Enter” to automatically display itempart information after the first Enter; Pressing Enter again posts the itempart. If this option is set to any other value, the itempart posts after the first Enter without pausing to display itempart information.  ” and 8286 “Format of the item information's 'simplified' display?This option controls the item information displayed in the first item information window when option 460 is set to D “Display after Enter”. This option is only relevant when POS-Tools/Options/General/"Show full inventory display first time <Display> is pressed" is off (unchecked). If this is on (checked), the full inventory display displays first.

The optional All Stores window displays after the “simplified display” defined in option 8286 or after the full display. This window is controlled through security bits 6 and 1044.” to determine how item information displays.

Displaying Item Detail

1. Display the POS window.

2. In the Item (SKU) box, type the SKU and click Display. Detailed information about the item displays in a dialog box.

3. If you set up POS to show full inventory display, then all the available detail about the item displays. If you set up POS to show simplified inventory display, then a limited amount of available detail about the item displays; to see the remaining detail, click Display again.

4. If you use the Alternate Items feature, and if the item being displayed has alternates, an "Alternates" hyperlink displays below the "Item (SKU)" field in the posting area. Clicking on it displays the list of alternates available for that item.