Inventory > Serial Tracking System > Serial Number Header Maintenance

Serial Number Header Maintenance

You use this program to maintain header information for serialized items currently defined.

Serial Number Header Maintenance

Field Description
Save Select this to save any changes you made.
Serial This indicates the serial number for which you are maintaining the header details.
Edit Multimedia Select this to use the Multimedia program to assign multimedia objects to the serial header currently displayed.
Serial Number Header Maintenance Only the Description, Expiry date and Scrap date can be maintained. All other fields are displayed for information purposes only.
Serial number This indicates the serial number for which you are maintaining the header details.
Serial type This indicates the serial type - Manual or Batch.
Warehouse This indicates the warehouse in which the serialized item is stored.
Wh description This indicates the description for the warehouse code.
Stock code This indicates the stock code to which the serial number is allocated.
Stock description This indicates the description for the stock code.
Location This indicates where the serialized item is stored.
Customer This indicates the customer who purchased stock items associated with the selected serial number.
Due date Depending on the current status of the serial, this represents the date for one of the following transactions:
  • Unit in for service
  • Unit returned to customer
  • Unit loaned to customer
  • Unit returned by customer
  • Warranty details
  • Unit sent to service depot
  • Unit received back from service depot
Unit status This indicates the current status of the serial.

The status can be one of the following:

  • In service
  • On loan
  • At depot
Description This indicates the description of the stock item that has been assigned to the serial number selected.
Expiry date This indicates the date on which the stock item will expire.
[Note]

When a serial is sold or issued, any expiry and/or scrap dates entered against the serial number are checked. You will not be able to allocate the serial number if it has expired or been scrapped.
Scrap date This indicates the date on which the stock item must be scrapped.
[Note]

When a serial is sold or issued, any expiry and/or scrap dates entered against the serial number are checked. You will not be able to allocate the serial number if it has expired or been scrapped.

Inserting Application Help

You would typically follow this procedure to display help for the current program in a customized pane that can be pinned to the program window.

Information includes step-by-step instructions for the various functions available within the program, including a brief overview of what the program does, what setup options are required and how to personalize the program.

  1. Open the program for which you want to insert application help into a customized pane.

    This functionality is only available for a program that has panes.

  2. Right-click any form field.

    You can also click the triangle menu icon that appears in the title area of a pane.

  3. Select Insert Application Help from the context-sensitive menu.

    The application help appears in a pane within your program. You can reposition the pane using the docking stickers or pin it to the program window.

Removing the Application Help pane

If you no longer want to display application help in a pane for your current program, you can simply remove it.

  1. Select the Close icon in the right-hand corner of the application help pane.

  2. Confirm that you want to delete the pane.