How To: Setup SCS Element Values


How To: Setup SCS Element Values

Users can be forced to select from predefined SCS elements and captions when creating SCS items. There are three steps to setting up restricted SCS Elements:

  1. Enable the Restrict SCS Element Values
  2. Create the SCS profile Element Captions
  3. Create the SCS profile Stock Codes and Descriptions

Enable the Restrict SCS Element Values

  1. Open [ System Values | Stock | SCS ] tab.
  2. Tick the Restrict SCS Element Values option.
  3. Click on OK.
  4. You will need to close and reopen Khaos Control for the changes to take effect.

Create the SCS profile Element Captions

  1. Open a System Data screen (show me how).
  2. Open the [ System Data | Stock | SCS Element Preset ] screen.
  3. Press Alt+E or click the green triangle icon is the buttonbar's EDIT button to enter edit mode.
  4. Press F3 or click the NEW ITEM button has an icon that shows two sheets of paper (identified by having the top right corner folded down), arranged diagonally on the icon from top left to bottom right to add a new item.
  5. Enter the Caption, for example Size, Colour, Style, Type, Qty.
    Note:
  6. Repeat to add additional captions as required.
  7. Press Ctrl+S or click the disk icon is the button bar's SAVE button to save.

Create the SCS profile Stock Codes and Descriptions

  1. Open a System Data screen (show me how).
  2. Open the [ System Data | Stock | SCS Element Stock Preset ] screen.
  3. Press Alt+E or click the green triangle icon is the buttonbar's EDIT button to enter edit mode.
  4. Press F3 or click the NEW ITEM button has an icon that shows two sheets of paper (identified by having the top right corner folded down), arranged diagonally on the icon from top left to bottom right to add a new item.
  5. Press F4 and select the Caption, see example below.
  6. Enter the characters in the Sk Code that will be used for the SCS stock code, see example below.
  7. Enter the text that will be used to create the description for the child SCS items in the Value column, see example below.
  8. Repeat to add additional elements as required.
  9. Press Ctrl+S or click the disk icon is the button bar's SAVE button to save.

Notes:

  1. Spaces at the start and end of SCS Element Codes and Descriptions will be removed.
  2. Only one space is allowed between words when adding SCS element codes and descriptions.

Example Element Setup

Element Caption Sk Code Value
Size S, M, 12, 14, 42, 46, 1L, 5Ltr Small, Medium, 12, 14, 46, 1 litre, 5 litres
Colour BLK, BLU, PUR, PK Black, Blue, Purple, Pink
Style Z, Mi, Pln, Pat Zipped, Mini, Plain, Pattern
Type FT, HD, C, P, V Feet, Hands, Cream, Powder, Vinyl
Qty20, 50, 10020, 50, 100


INFORMATION icon
It is possible to delete entries in both System Data tables once they have been used in SCS Profiles.
This will not affect the stock items that have already been generated from the profiles, but will impact they way in which they display and will affect their future performance if they are copied or edited.

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