How To: Define SCS for a Parent Stock Item

	When setting up SCS items for use with Channel Listings (eBay and Amazon) it is important that the elements are named consistently for example do not mix lower and upper-case. Remember to add a Caption for each element in your SCS.

Load the Size, Colour, Style dialog box

1. Open a Stock screen (show me how).
2. Load the required parent stock item, see How To: Create a Parent SCS Stock Item.
3. Click the button. This loads the Size, Colour, Style dialog box.

Create the First Element

1. For each element required, enter a name/description for the Element in the Caption field.
2. Click or press F3 to create a blank line - the focus must be in the correct grid before you press F3.
3. Enter the required information:
   • Value
   • Reorder Qty
   • SK code
4. Repeat this process for each individual instance of the first Element.

Creating Extra Elements

1. Follow the above to create extra Elements.
2. Where the values will remain the same for each instance of an Element, the Buffer window may be used to copy and paste values. To do this:
   • Select the items in the Element window to be copied and re-used.
   • Drag and drop them into the Buffer window, above the Element window.
   • Select the instance in the previous Element window that the items are to be copied to.
   • Select the button to select all of the items in the Buffer window (or select some of the items by using Ctrl+Click).
   • Select the button to populate the Element window.

Format the Stock Code and Description for the Children

1. Click the button. Example Stock Codes and Short Description will be displayed which must then be configured for the number of elements in the template, see How To Configure the Stock Code and Short Description for the Children below.

Generate the Child Stock Items

1. Click on the button.
2. Click the button.
3. Follow the prompts and once complete load SCS child items to check that they have been generated as required.

How To Configure the Stock Code and Short Description for the Children

When you click on the button the number of elements will either be three (default) or you can change the default in [ System Values | Options | Stock ]:

• SCS Item Example Stock Code (default=$SKCODE$-$E1$-$E2$-$E3$)
• SCS Item Example Stock Desc (default=$DESC$ $E1$ / $E2$ / $E3$)

The following examples show how to configure your Stock Codes and Short Descriptions for your child items.

Note: the number of elements in your $SKCODE$ and $DESC$ must match the number of elements in your template.

Examples of Elements

Four Elements

$SKCODE$-$E1$-$E2$-$E3$-$E4$

$DESC$ $E1$ / $E2$ / $E3$ / $E4$

Three Elements

$SKCODE$-$E1$-$E2$-$E3$

$DESC$ $E1$ / $E2$ / $E3$

Two Elements

$SKCODE$-$E1$-$E2$

$DESC$ $E1$ / $E2$

One Element

$SKCODE$-$E1$

$DESC$ $E1$

Changing the Characters and Symbols between Element Values

The characters and spacing can between the elements can be changed from the default, for example if you are selling pens in different colours and quantities your short description elements ($DESC$ $E1$ / $E2$) could be changed to:

$DESC$ colour $E1$ quantity $E2$

which would produce:

Executive pen colour red quantity 10

Executive pen colour red quantity 20

instead of the default:

Executive pen / red / 10

Executive pen / red / 20

See Also

• Stock screen