A ‘Section’ can be allocated to a Product to ‘tag’ it for reporting purposes. Section codes may be used in Inventory and Sales reporting to group products together. It is available as a user “filter” on almost all Product reports in the system. Take a look at the Sales Analysis Schematic for a good visual representation of where Product Sections sit in the overall hierarchy. Note that Sections can cut across Product Divisions, Categories, Groups and Models when used in reporting.
Example
The original concept behind the ‘Section’ tag was to provide a mechanism to allow products made from a particular company sector to be recorded as such for use in report selection. For instance, “traded products” versus “service products” versus “spare parts”. This example would be as an alternative to using Branches or Divisions within the system to determine this split for reporting use.
These are just examples. You can use this for any purpose you see fit. In fact we have seen clients apply several uses within the same Sections list where the use relates to different Products. That is because a Product can only be allocated to one Section at any point in time.
Minimum Requirements
The use of Product Sections is optional, so you do not need to set any up.
Changing Established Data
Add new product sections and change products assigned to sections at any time.
Panel Options
- Standard panel features
- Maintenance
- Views
- Audit – lists an audit of data changes made over time to the product section currently being viewed
- Where Used – lists products currently assigned to the product section being viewed
- This Month’s Sales – shows sales for the current month for the product section being viewed
- Reports
- List Product Sections