How To: Setup SCS Element Values

By default, users can enter any values when creating SCS (Stock Code Structure) items. If you want to standardise data entry and ensure consistency, you can restrict users to selecting from predefined SCS elements and captions.

This is particularly useful when creating large numbers of SCS items, as it helps maintain consistent stock codes and descriptions across your product range.

Setting up restricted SCS elements involves three stages:

Enable the Restrict SCS Element Values option.
Create the available SCS Element Captions.
Create the allowed Stock Codes and Descriptions for each caption.

Enable Restrict SCS Element Values

Open the [ System Values | Stock | SCS ] tab.
Tick the Restrict SCS Element Values option.
Click OK to save the setting.
Close and reopen Khaos Control for the change to take effect.

Once enabled, users will only be able to select from the predefined SCS elements and values that have been configured.

Create SCS Element Captions

Element Captions define the categories available within your SCS profiles, such as Size, Colour or Style.

Example Captions

Size
Colour
Style
Type
Qty

Steps

Open a System Data screen (show me how).
Open the [ System Data | Stock | SCS Element Preset ] screen.
Press Alt + E or click Edit.
Press F3 or click Add.
Enter the required caption.
Examples:
- Size
- Colour
- Style
- Type
- Qty
Repeat as required to create additional captions.
Press Ctrl + S or click Save.

Create SCS Stock Codes and Descriptions

Once your captions have been created, you can define the values available under each caption.

These values determine:

The stock code characters used when generating SCS items.
The description text displayed on the generated child items.

Steps

Open a System Data screen (show me how).
Open the [ System Data | Stock | SCS Element Stock Preset ] screen.
Press Alt + E or click Edit.
Press F3 or click Add.
Press F4 and select the required Caption.
Enter the value to be used in the stock code in the Sk Code column.
Enter the description text in the Value column.
Repeat as required for all available options.
Press Ctrl + S or click Save.

Example SCS Element Setup

The example below shows how captions, stock codes and descriptions can be configured.

Element Caption	Sk Code	Value
Size	S	Small
	M	Medium
	12	12
	14	14
	42	42
	46	46
	1L	1 litre
	5Ltr	5 litres
Colour	BLK	Black
	BLU	Blue
	PUR	Purple
	PK	Pink
Style	Z	Zipped
	Mi	Mini
	Pln	Plain
	Pat	Pattern
Type	FT	Feet
	HD	Hands
	C	Cream
	P	Powder
	V	Vinyl
Qty	20	20
	50	50
	100	100

With this setup, users can only select from the predefined values when creating SCS items.

Notes

Leading and trailing spaces are automatically removed from SCS Element Codes and Descriptions.
Only a single space is permitted between words when entering SCS Element Codes or Descriptions.
Restricting SCS Element Values helps ensure stock codes and descriptions remain consistent across all generated SCS items.

Important: Entries can still be deleted from both System Data tables after they have been used in SCS Profiles.

Deleting an entry will not affect stock items that have already been generated. However, it may affect:

How existing SCS profiles display.
Future editing of those profiles.
Copying existing SCS items.
Future SCS item generation using those profiles.

For this reason, it is recommended that SCS Element Presets are reviewed carefully before removing entries that are already in use.

How To: Setup SCS Element Values