Adding alternate items

You can add alternate items to an item record. You designate alternate items when you want to use inventory items interchangeably.

About this task

If you want two items to be alternates for each other, assign each as an alternate for the other. For example, you can assign two different brands of motor oil to be alternates for each other.

Procedure

  1. In the Item Master application, display the record to which you want to add an alternate item.
  2. In the Alternate Items table window, click New Row to add an alternate item.
  3. In the Item field, type a value or click Detail Menu to select an option and to retrieve an alternate item.
  4. Enter additional fields as needed, and click Save Item to add the alternate item to the item record.