Set Options for the Price Lookup Program

Use the Program Options Maintenance (XROPT) program to set options for report and inquiry programs by user, branch, or enterprise, set options for the Price Lookup (PLU) program, and create a list of reports that a user can access by clicking the Reports button on a menu screen. See Road Map for work flow.

  1. Click Add.

  2. Enter data in these fields:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Program name

Required
8 alphanumeric

Enter PLUI for the Prices in Effect Inquiry.

Login branch

Optional
4 alphanumeric

Select the branch for which you want to set these options or leave blank to set the same options for all users of the Price Lookup (PLU) program regardless of branch.

User ID

Optional
5 alphanumeric

Select the user for which you want to set these options or leave blank to set the same options for all users of this program.

Option name

Optional
8 alphanumeric

Leave blank

  1. Click the Runtime tab and enter the maximum number of prices you have in the Number of lines per screen option if you want the Price Lookup program to display all.

  2. Click the Program tab to set these program specific options:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Print price record detail?

Optional

Select to display the Price detail button in the Prices in Effect inquiry or leave blank to not display the button. If you select this option, the user can display the price record in the Price-Contract Inquiry (PCQ) program. This record shows the list price, adjustment percent and amount, and volume discounts.

See all prices in effect?

Optional

Select to display all prices that apply to a customer and item or leave blank to display the first price only.

If you select, make sure that the Number of lines per screen is greater than 1 to display more than one price.

See costs and markups?

Optional

Select to display the Base price and Adj/Discounts fields or leave blank to not display these fields. If you select, the user can see the adjust or discount amount for this customer and item.

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Apply these options

Click OK.

Exit without saving these options

Click Cancel.

Note
The Save button is not available. When you click OK, the options you set are saved.

  1. Enter another program, login branch, user, and option name or leave these fields blank to exit.

  2. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Add options for another program

Click Add.

Delete options for the selected program

 

Click Delete. See Delete.

Note
You can delete another user's options only if your User type in the User Maintenance (UIM) program is Master.

Copy options for the selected program

 

Click Copy. See Copy.

Note
You can copy another user's options only if your User type in the User Maintenance (UIM) program is Master.

Display options for the selected program

Click Select.

Print the program listing

Click Print. See Print.

Add the selected report to a user's list of reports

Click User list. See Create a List of Reports for a User.

Exit the program

Click Exit.