Item Layout Maintenance

The item catalog display is a list of items arranged systematically with descriptive details. This list is a result of searches or specific item category selections performed by the user. The arrangement of the information in the item catalog is one of many QAD CSS personalization features. This feature is controlled by Item Layout Maintenance.

See Implementation Guide: QAD Customer Self Service for in-depth details about designing the layout of information in the catalog.

Item Layout Maintenance lets an administrator maintain predefined registry options that determine which product details are displayed. Through this function, administrators determine the pictures, descriptive text, pricing, reference, and indexing that appear on the line.

The following registry settings affect the display of this screen:

•	itemLayout determines the default value of the Display check box for the 15 fields in Item Layout Maintenance. This, in turn, determines what displays in the product catalog.

•	itemLayoutHeader defines default values for the Header Label fields in Item Layout Maintenance. These, in turn, determine what displays above the associated column in the product catalog.

•	itemLayoutLabel defines default values for the Side Label fields in Item Layout Maintenance. These, in turn, determine what displays to the left of the item detail in the product catalog.

Displaying Product Details illustrates how the catalog appears using values defined in Item Layout Maintenance.

Displaying Product Details

The menu location of Item Layout Maintenance is Home Menu|Administration Menu|Item Layout Maintenance.

Clicking the Item Layout Maintenance menu option displays the screen in Item Layout Maintenance.

Item Layout Maintenance

The Item Layout Maintenance screen is arranged in columns. The name of the function (label) is followed by a check box used to turn on or off the display function. After that, the side label displays, which refer to text that will display next to the item in the catalog. The header label identifies text values that display as column headings. The detail link permits users to click through to an additional page with a more detailed description of an item.

The Item Layout Maintenance screen is arranged by columns.

Name

This column displays the name of the fields that can be included in the catalog.

Display

The check boxes in this column determine whether the associated field is displayed in the catalog.

Side Label

The text entered in these fields displays in the item rows in the catalog.

Header Label

The text entered in these fields displays as column headings in the item catalog.

Detail Link

The check boxes in this column determine whether the associated field is a hyperlink to a page with a more detailed description of the item.

The presentation of the Item Layout Maintenance screen is managed through a number of system registry settings. These settings determine the default values for the various screen elements, as well as the header labels and side labels.

The fields being managed through Item Layout Maintenance correspond to fields loaded from QAD EA using Catalog Load.

Sort

Enabling this option displays the text in the sort description field from the QAD CSS item table. This field does not have a corresponding data element in QAD EA. If you want to use this field in your item display, supply a value during the item load.

The sort description is often used to control the arrangement of items in the catalog based on a marketing design that may not be part of the item definition in QAD EA.

Desc 1

Enabling this option displays the text in the item description 1 field from the QAD CSS item table.

Desc 2

Enabling this option displays the text in the item description 2 field from the QAD CSS item table.

Market Desc

Enabling this option displays the text in the marketing description field from the QAD CSS item table.

Customer Number

Enabling this option displays the customer item number.

Part Number

Enabling this option displays the QAD EA item number.

Other 1–4

Enabling these options displays optional text stored with the item in the QAD CSS item table.

Available (Default)

Enabling this option displays the available quantity in the default site.

Note: The default site is associated first with the customer, and then with the item.

Available (All)

Enabling this option displays the available quantity in all available sites.

Note: You may not want to display the actual quantity available as calculated directly by QAD EA since this number does not account for outstanding orders. You probably want to determine an algorithm for adjusting this that better reflects what a customer can order. You can also use the runGetWhseQty registry setting to manage the display of quantity available and return a text message.

Price

Enabling this option displays the calculated price of the item at the minimum order quantity.

UoM

Enabling this option displays the selling unit of measure for this item.

Quantity Added

Enabling this option allows the user to update the quantity for this item before adding to the cart.

Action

Enabling this option displays the Action column so that the user can add the item to the shopping cart.

Delivery

Enabling this option displays the Delivery column.

Save

This button commits changes to the database.

Reset

This button resets all the fields to their last saved state.

Related QAD CSS functions:

•	Customer Maintenance

•	Item Types Maintenance

•	Order Entry 1

•	Order Entry 2