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Introduction

This document will explain how to add, edit or delete Invoice Master Categories. This editor will allow you to change existing invoice categories or add new entries. Once you create a new category

, you may use the category

to group prices from price lists together. This actual altering of itemization categories for line items

does NOT get done from this editor.

Instead, it gets accomplished through the price lists editor, color database editor, or the lite-up options editor.

Procedure

Invoice Master Categories Report

We recommend running the Invoice Master Categories report from Optifacts menu 5-4-3 to print a list of existing categories.

Then, you can review the report to see if the category you are adding already exists. You can also decide what order number to use. Once you know in what order you

will place the new entry, you can

add your categories.

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Add/Edit Invoice Categories

This menu option will allow you to create or edit invoice master categories.

You will be get prompted to enter the text to print on the invoice and if . If it exists, the order in which to print is then displayed, and you are given have the opportunity to edit the entry spelling and order in which to print. If the text you enter does no exit in the database the entry is added and you are it does not exist, it gets added. You then get prompted for the order in which to print this item it on the invoice.

An example of grouping alike charges would be to itemize index add-on charges into the LENS category to result in one line item charge on the invoice for a high index lens. If However, suppose you itemize high index charges are itemized into SPECIAL (the default) or a custom category then . In that case, the lens cost is gets grouped into LENS, and the index add-on charge is gets grouped into SPECIAL (or a custom category), resulting in . The result is two line items on the invoice.

If Suppose you wish to itemize charges into custom categories that are not part of the base Optifacts system. In that case, you MUST create those categories here before being able to assign assigning any charges to the category from within the Price List Editor.

From the Optifacts main menu:

Type Select Option 3 – Editor Utilities and press enterEnter.

Type Select Option 4 – Pricing Database Editor and press enterEnter.

Type Select Option 3 – Invoice Master Categories and press enterEnter.

Type Select Option 1 - Add/Edit Invoice Categories and press enterEnter

The Add/Edit Invoice Categories screen displays.

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• Type Enter the Text to Print on Invoice and press enter. (Definition below)
• Type Enter the Order in Which to Print and press enter.  (Definition below)

Are the Entries Correct (Y/N)?

• Type Y Press “Y” if correct.
• Type N Press “N” to make changes. 

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Itemization Category Order

Printing a report of the Invoice Master Categories before working in the editor is recommended as it . It will show the order in which to print along with the correct spelling of the categories. This Printing the report is an important step due to the abbreviation and’/ or hyphenation of some of the categories. The following is a small short report of the itemization categories and the order in which to print included in the Optifacts base system.

Delete Invoice Categories

This selection will prompt you for an invoice category name to be permanently deleted delete from the database. Once deleted, the only way to restore the category is to re-enter it as a new category with the Add/Edit menu option. 

After entering a category name, the database is gets searched for an exact match. If a match is gets found, you will be get prompted to verify if the match is the entry to be deleted.

You cannot delete can not delete an invoice category if it is being used in use by any other entries, including lite-up options or itemizations within the price lists. If Therefore, if the category is being used in use in any lite-up option or if any an item in the price list is itemized into using this category, you will be told to first remove or edit any itemizations to this category before you can delete the category.

From the Invoice Categories menu:

• Type Select Option 2 - Delete Invoice Categories and press enterEnter
• Type Select Option the Text to Print on Invoice and press enterEnter.

Would you like to delete this one? (Y/N) ?

• Type Y Press “Y” to delete and press enterEnter.
• Type N Press “N” to return to the screen.
• Press escape Escape to exit.

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