The facilities of the Ad-hoc enquiries option are common to all Autoline software applications. These facilities allow you to create and formulate your own ad-hoc enquiry from any of the available files that are displayed to you on entry into this sub-system. For further information on the Ad-hoc enquiries option, refer to the Ad-Hoc enquiries on-line help. Hence the actual formulation and running of the enquiries are not discussed in this topic. Some standard file enquiry options are provided as standard and are described below. The actual menu options available are dependant upon what your consultant was asked to provide at the time of your Autoline installation and so may vary from those described here.
To access the menu:
From the Autoline master menu select the Point of sale module from the list and the Company required.
Select the Reports & enquiries option.
Select the Enquiries option.
The SO ENQUIRIES MENU is displayed.
The ENQUIRIES MENU allows access to the standard Ad-hoc enquiry facility on any one single file within the SO module.
It also contains options where specific file relationships have been logically 'joined together' for you. In this case, the field names are preceded by a number to denote which file is being accessed in order to avoid possible conflict or duplication, and you are prompted as to whether these file links should be kept open. Up to four files can be treated in this way, and are displayed on the menu.
WIP headers: The prime file here is the SO header file (SO.headr). All the fields within this file may be enquired upon. In addition to this file a link is provided to the Sales Ledger accounts file (SL.accts). If selected this file is available as file 2.
Parts lines: The prime file here is the SO Parts file (SO.parts). All the fields within this file may be enquired upon. In addition to this file a link is provided to the SO header (SO.headr) and Stock management stock (SM.stock) files. If selected these files are available as files 2 and 3 respectively.
Labour lines: The prime file here is the SO Labour file (SO.labor). All the fields within this file may be enquired upon. In addition to this file a link is provided to the SO header file (SO.headr) . If selected this file is available as file 2.
Header logfile: The prime file here is the SO header log file (SO.loghd). All the fields within this file may be enquired upon.
Parts logfile: The prime file here is the SO Parts log file (SO.logpa). All the fields within this file may be enquired upon. In addition to this file a link is provided to the SO header log file (SO.loghd) and Stock Management stock (SM.stock) files. If selected these files are available as files 2 and 3 respectively.
Labour logfile: The prime file here is the SO Labour log file (SO.logla). All the fields within this file may be enquired upon. In addition to this file a link is provided to the SO header log file (SO.loghd) . If selected this file is available as file 2.
Parts archive: The prime file here is the SO parts archive file (SO.parch). All the fields within this file may be enquired upon. In addition to this file a link is provided to the Stock Management stock file (SM.stock). If selected this file is available as file 2.
Labour archive: The prime file here is the SO labour archive file (SO.larch). All the fields within this file may be enquired upon.
Sensitive parts: The prime file here is the SO Sensitive parts movement file (SO.sentv). All the fields within this file may be enquired upon. In addition to this file a link is provided to the Stock Management sensitive parts control file (SM.sentv). If selected this file is available as file 2.
