The Additional Items facility allows you to make a part, labour item or fluid available to selected Point-of-Sale companies and menus.
Note: Any additions that you make are written to a separate file, and so are not overwritten the next time a new release of menu pricing data is uploaded to the Autoline system.
What do you want to do?
The Additional Items form is displayed when you click the 
button on the Menu Pricing Maintenance form or select the Additional items option from the Tools menu. From this form, you can make additional parts, labour items or fluids available to selected Point-of-Sale companies and menus.
Additional items:
Tip: To view, add, amend or delete a record, position the cursor over the grid, click the right mouse button, and select the appropriate option from the shortcut menu.
Company: The Point-of-Sale company number to which the additional item applies. ** indicates that the additional item applies to all companies.
Item code: The labour code from the Kerridge standard (00) RTS code file or the manufacturer's labour file, or the part number or fluid code.
Description: A description of the part, labour item or fluid.
Type: The item type:
- Part
- Labour
Quantity: The number of units of the part or fluid required to carry out the work, or the time allowed for the operation.
The Edit Additional Item form is displayed when you position the cursor over the grid on the Additional Items form, and select the View, Add, Amend or Delete option from the shortcut menu. From this form you can make an additional part, labour item or fluid available to selected Point-of-Sale companies and menus.
Item:
Company: To which Point-of-Sale (POS) company should the additional item be made available? Enter ** to add the item to menus in all POS companies or enter the current POS company number.
Type: The item type. Select one of the following radio buttons, and complete the associated fields:
Part
Part number: The part number from the stock file.
Tip: Click the Ellipsis button to identify the correct part number from the stock file.
Factor: If you select a part, you must specify the Unit of Issue (UOI). Select the required factor from the drop-down menu. Factor numbers specified here are not overwritten when a new release of data is uploaded and converted on the Autoline system.
Quantity: The number of units of the part.
Labour
Franchise code: If you select a labour item, you must specify the 2-character franchise code to identify the file on which the labour code is held. The Kerridge standard (00) RTS code file or the manufacturer's labour file.
RTS code: The labour code.
Tip: Click the Ellipsis button to identify the correct labour code from the manufacturer's labour file or Kerridge Standard RTS codes file.
Allowed: The time allowed to complete the operation.
Fluid
Fluid code: The fluid identification code.
Quantity: The quantity of fluid to be issued.
Note: The factor for fluids is specified in the fluid mapping table.
Menu:
Menu code: In order to identify the menus to which the part, labour item or fluid applies, click the Ellipsis button [...], and select the required menus. If your selection only applies to one menu, the full menu code is displayed in this field. If your selection applies to more than one menu, the text Multiple is displayed.
Note: The selection that you are required to make is determined by your franchise. For example, you may be required to select Model codes, Job types and Variants instead of Menus. In this case, a Wizard is displayed to guide you through your selection. Make your selection and click the Finish button.
View: This button is only displayed in View mode, and allows you to view your selection of menus.
Model code: The model code to which the additional part, labour item or fluid applies. If your selection relates to one menu, this field is automatically populated by the system when you complete the Menu code field. If your selection relates to more than one menu, this field is left empty.
To view an additional item:
From the OPERATIONS menu, select the Menu pricing menu option.
The Menu pricing maintenance menu is displayed.
Select the Menu pricing maintenance option.
If there is more than one Point-of-Sale (SO) company, the system prompts you for the SO company.
Select the SO company.
The Menu Pricing Maintenance form is displayed.
Click the button.
Tip: Alternatively, select the Additional items option from the Tools menu.
The Additional Items form is displayed.
Position the cursor over the record that you want to view and right-click the mouse.
From the shortcut menu, select the View option.
The Edit Additional Item form is displayed.
Tip: To view your selection of menus, click the View button in the Menu group box.
When you have finished reviewing the item, click the Close button.
To add a part, labour item or fluid to a menu:
Display the Additional Items form.
Position the cursor over the grid and right-click the mouse.
From the shortcut menu, select the Add option.
The Edit Additional Item form is displayed.
Enter or select the POS Company to which the additional item should be made available.
Tip: ** makes the item available to all companies.
Select one of the following radio buttons to indicate the item type:
Do one of the following:
For a part, complete the Part number, Factor and Quantity fields.
For labour, complete the Franchise code, RTS code and Allowed fields.
For a fluid, complete the Fluid code and Quantity fields.
To complete the Menu code and Model code fields, click the Menu code field Ellipsis button [...].
The Menu codes form is displayed.
Select the Menus to which the item applies and click OK.
Note: The selection that you are required to make is determined by your franchise. For example, you may be required to select Model codes, Job types and Variants instead of Menus. In this case, a Wizard is displayed to guide you through your selection. Make your selection and click the Finish button.
Click the Save button.
The record is saved.
If required you can amend any additional parts, labour items or fluids.
To amend a part, labour item or fluid on a menu:
Display the Additional Items form.
Position the cursor over the record that you want to amend and right-click the mouse.
From the shortcut menu, select the Amend option.
The Edit Additional Item form is displayed.
Amend the details as required and click the Save button.
The record is saved.
If required you can delete any parts, labour items or fluids that you have added to menus.
To delete a part, labour item or fluid from a menu:
Display the Additional Items form.
Position the cursor over the record that you want to delete and right-click the mouse.
From the shortcut menu, select the Delete option.
The Edit Additional Item form is displayed.
Click the Delete button.
The following message is displayed:
Are you sure you want to permanently delete the selected item(s)?
Yes No
Click the Yes button.
The record is deleted.
