Assigning Characteristics to an Item Customer

You can assign characteristics to an item customer, for example, in order to specify the sizes of a particular product supplied to the customer.

  1. From the Action menu within Item Customer select Item Cust Char.
  2. Specify this information:
    Item Code, Item Description, Customer Code and Customer Description
    These fields are populated automatically from the item record currently open in the item master.
    Characteristic Code
    The required characteristic. This must have already been assigned to the item.
    Characteristic Datatype
    The type of data used by the characteristic. For example, alphanumeric. This field is automatically populated once the Characteristic Code has been completed.
    Used for Matching
    Indicates whether or not this characteristic is to be used during the allocation process. That is, items are only selected for issue if they match the characteristic values on the sales or movement order.
    Value From
    The lowest value allowed for this characteristic.
    Value To
    The highest value allowed for this characteristic.
    Description
    The description.
  3. Save your changes.