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Create Menu - Item - Purchase Item

This page describes the 'Purchase Item' function on the Create menu in the Item record window. If you are using iOS or Android, the 'Purchase Item' function is on the + menu.

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The Purchase Item register in the Purchase Orders module allows you to connect Items with Suppliers. For example, if you can purchase a particular Item from several Suppliers, you would enter separate Purchase Item records for each Supplier. A Purchase Item record will contain the Supplier's Cost Price, the Supplier's Item Number for the Item and other information specific to the Supplier. Each Item should have a "Default Purchase Item", which is the Purchase Item with your preferred Supplier for the Item. If you have more than one Location, you can have a separate Default Purchase Item for each Location. This can be useful if you prefer to use Suppliers that are local to each Location.

You can create Purchase Item records by entering them directly to the Purchase Item register, and you can also create them from Item records. To do this, open an Item record in a record window and then select 'Purchase Item' from the Create menu (Windows/macOS) or + menu (iOS/Android). The following window will open, allowing you to create a new Purchase Item:

A new record will be opened in a window entitled 'Purchase Item: New'. This means that it has not yet been saved. The Item Number, Description and Cost Price will be copied to the Purchase Item from the Item. Any rows on the Item's 'Texts' card without a Language will also be copied to the 'Texts' card of the Purchase Item.

Specify the Supplier and other details including the Supplier's price and product number. If the Supplier is your preferred Supplier for the Item (or its only Supplier), tick the Default box. Finally, save the record in the Purchase Item register by clicking the [Save] button (Windows/macOS) or tapping √ (iOS/Android) in the Button Bar. You can then close it using the close box (Windows/macOS) or by tapping < (iOS/Android). Alternatively, if you no longer require the Purchase Item record, click [Cancel] or tap <.

You can find full details about the Purchase Item register here.

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The Item register in Standard ERP:

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