IdealWare Online Users Manual

IY2-02 I/Y PROCESSING
30106 Discontinued Products Purge

 

PURPOSE

 

The Discontinued Products Purge program is typically run after an Inventory YEAR END Purge to remove discontinued products from the system. The program will remove a product from the system if:

  1. the product is flagged as discontinued (status="DI").
  2. the product has a zero quantity on-hand.
  3. the product has no "year to date" or "last year" activity.

Discontinued Products Purge is accessed from:

  • Inventory Processing menu.

 

PROCEDURE

 

Select Discontinued Products Purge from the Inventory Processing menu. The program screen displays.

 

DISCONTINUED PRODUCTS PURGE SCREEN DISPLAY

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Oct28/07 Tc    ***** CHECK AND PURGE DISCONTINUED PRODUCTS *****        3YPURGE â”‚
│                                                                                â”‚
│                                                                                â”‚
│WARNING: This Program Will Remove All Records That Have a Product Status        â”‚
│                                                                                â”‚
│Of 'DI' (Discontinued), On Hand Of Zero And No Sales Figures For The Previous   â”‚
│                                                                                â”‚
│And Current Years. All Records In Other Files Dependent Upon These Products     â”‚
│                                                                                â”‚
│Will Get The Remove Treatment As Well.                                          â”‚
│                                                                                â”‚
│** Continue ? (Y/N): N                                                          â”‚
│                                                                                â”‚
│                                                                                â”‚
│F4 TO RETURN TO MENU                                                            â”‚
│                                                                                â”‚
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
** Continue ? (Y/N): N

 

[Enter] to accept the default value "N".

 

No action is performed and you are returned to the menu.

 

 

"Y" to proceed with purge.

 

The program searches the inventory master files and purges all products that meet the criteria described above. After the purge is completed you are returned to the inventory processing menu.

 

 

[F4] to exit to menu.