Clone Group Information to Products

System Maintenance Menu -> Configure System Settings -> Operations Tab -> Inventory -> Groups ->CLONE button -> Clone Group Information to Products

This utility can be used to copy values defined in a Group to the products assigned to that Group.

Note: If this utility is triggered from some of the other more specific 'clone from Group' utilities, the clone options may be restricted to only specific fields, and the other fields will show as disabled.
The CLONE button on the Groups screen is only enabled if the operator has access to this Clone Group Information to Products utility from the menu tree.

The prompts are:

PRODUCT GROUP, 'ALL' OR 'SEL'

Select one of the following Group sources:

• Type ALL to include products from all Groups in the update.
• Enter a specific Group, to only update products from a single Product Group, or select a Group from the Product Group Search window.
• Type SEL to select a combination of Product Groups to include in the update as outlined in Select Group List window.

All Sales Inventory or Rental Inventory in the selected Groups will be updated with the information selected to be cloned as follows:

CLONE GROUP DESCRIPTION

Uncheck this box if the Group description should not be copied to the products in this Group.

Check this box to update all sales or rental products in the selected Groups with the description currently assigned to their Groups.
The description copy, updates the product primary Description and also the Vendor Description.

This option is only useful if all items in the Group are the same, and is helpful if several people have entered equipment and have each entered the descriptions differently.
e.g. only AIR COMPRESSOR 350 CFM are in Group # 145.

CLONE GROUP ALT. LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION

Uncheck this box if the Alternate Language description should not be copied to the products in this Group.

Check this box to update all sales or rental products in the selected Groups with the Alternate Language description currently assigned to their Groups.

CLONE ALTERNATE DESCRIPTIONS

Uncheck this box if the Alternate descriptions should not be copied to the products in this Group.

Check this box to update all sales or rental products in the selected Groups with the Alternate descriptions currently defined in the Alternate Group Descriptions window for each Groups.

Note: Any previously existing Alternate Descriptions for the products will be deleted and replaced by the Group Alternate Descriptions.

CLONE KIT

Uncheck this box if the Kits assigned to the selected Groups should not be copied to the products in those Groups.

Check this box to update all sales or rental products in the selected Groups by assigning the Kit currently assigned to their Groups to the products, removing and replacing any existing Kit.

CLONE SUGGEST SALES LIST

Uncheck this box if the SSLs assigned to the selected Groups should not be copied to the products in those Groups.

Check this box to update all sales or rental products in the selected Groups by assigning the Suggested Sales List currently assigned to the Groups to the products in those Groups.

CLONE EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS

Uncheck this box if the Equipment Specifications should not be copied to the products in this Group.

Check this box to update all sales or rental products in the selected Groups with the Equipment Specifications currently defined in the Group Equipment Specifications window for each Groups.
The Equipment Specifications detail descriptions are copied to the Product Equipment Specifications window without the Specification codes.

Note: Any previously existing Equipment Specifications for the products will be deleted and replaced.

CLONE SAFETY NOTES

Uncheck this box if the Safety Notes should not be copied to the products in this Group.

Check this box to update all sales or rental products in the selected Groups with the Safety Notes currently defined in the Group Safety Notes window for each Groups.

Note: Any previously existing Safety Notes for the products will be deleted and replaced.

CLONE REPLACEMENT COST

Uncheck this box if the Replacement dollar value assigned to the selected Groups should not be copied to the products in those Groups.

Check this box to update all rental products in the selected Groups with the Replacement Cost value currently assigned to their Groups.

Note: This copy option does not apply to Sales products.

CLONE WEIGHT

Uncheck this box if the equipment Weight defined for the selected Groups should not be copied to the products in those Groups.

Check this box to update all sales and rental products in the selected Groups with the Weight currently defined for their Groups
Any previously existing weights for the products will be replaced with the new Group weight.

Note: If no weight is recorded for the Group, no weights are changed at the product level.

Finished?

Click ACCEPT to proceed with the update, or CANCEL to abort.
No audit record is maintained to track any changes.

Note: Be advised that once this utility is executed, individual product information is replaced.
Hence, prior to running this request, verify in the play environment that the results obtained from running this operation are as expected.