Products

Products are the items district administrators have entered (either imported during the implementation process or added manually) into TIPWeb-IT.  This creates an application wide accessible product catalog.

NOTE: If a product’s items are not going to be tagged and tracked by the tag’s unique identifier, select the Allow Untagged field to enable this feature.  This allows the product to be tracked by quantity on site to site transfers across the district.

Add a Product

1. Click on , located on the top navigation bar.
2. Click on Add Record.
3. Enter the Product details.  Red fields are required information.
4. Click on Save.
   

Duplicate an Existing Product

Duplicating an existing product is a time saving feature when adding similar products to TIPWeb-IT.  A duplicated product must have a different Product Name and Product Number than the original product.

1. Click on , located on the top navigation bar.
2. Search for the product you wish to duplicate.
3. Click on Duplicate located on the respective product's row.
4. Rename/edit the Product Name to differentiate it from the original product you chose to duplicate.  
5. Enter/edit the remaining Product details. Red fields are required information.
6. Click on Save.
   
   

Merge Existing Products

Merging existing products is a way to clean up the product listing within the Catalog, to eliminate duplicate and incorrect entries.

1. Click on , located on the top navigation bar.
2. Search for the product you wish to merge into another.
3. Click on  Merge located on the respective product‘s row.
4. Select or search for a Product to Merge Into ( / ) .  
5. Select  Manage Custom Fields.

If the origin product has custom fields associated to it, decisions on how to incorporate them into the existing product must be made.

a)     For Custom Fields, select the Select Matching Custom Field(s) in which the new merged product will contain.

b)   Select Remove Custom Field if the field is no longer needed.

1. Select  Final Confirmation.
2. Select  Go.
3. Type Merge in confirmation field.
4. Click Confirm.
5. Click Ok.

Note:

Product Number is an auto generated field. You have the option of entering your own existing product number or letting TIPWeb-IT assign the new product an auto generated TIPWeb-IT product number.

Product Names are limited to 90 characters.

Merge Product:

• Product Before Merge

o   Information related to the product is displayed.

o   A success () or failure () icon appears next to each custom field for the Origin Product.

• Product After Merge section contains the appropriate information about the Destination Product.

• Tag Information displays “X tag(s) will be impacted by this merge” representing the quantity of Merge Tags identified.

• View Inventory Details displays tags being merged

• All accessories in which belonged to the origin product are moved to the destination product.

• The origin product is completely removed from the catalog after completion of Merge Product.