Feature Overview: System Setup

Feature Overview: System Setup

Admin / power user  ·  Yellow Dog Inventory 2026

 WHY IT'S IMPORTANT

System Setup is the administrative module where you manage users and global preferences. It defines how Yellow Dog Inventory operates across your entire organization, so the settings here shape almost everything else in the system, from how items behave in your POS to how documents print and who can access which features.

Most of System Setup is configured with your Implementation Guide during onboarding. As an admin, you return to it to add employees, adjust permissions, refine interfaces, and update global settings such as your monthly closeout date. This article is a map of what the module contains; each section links to its own detailed article.

 HOW IT WORKS

System Setup sits alongside Reports and Common Setup as one of the main modules in Yellow Dog Inventory. Where Common Setup holds shared data such as vendors, levels, and dimensions, System Setup holds the administrative controls and system-wide rules. Its sections are:

SECTION

WHAT IT CONTROLS

Accounts

Sets the accounts used for Manual Adjustments, Inventory, Invoice Expense, Return to Vendor, and Global.

Autonumber

Defines how Yellow Dog generates SKUs and other numbers, such as invoice numbers. Configured during implementation.

Interfaces

Controls how items behave in your point of sale and other integrations. Set at the store, level, or item.

Options

Customizes the system, from item-level settings to system-wide settings. Includes Global, Recipes, API Configuration, Inventory, Fonts, Labels, and Purchase Order Approvals.

Print Templates

Creates and edits any printable document in the system, including labels, receipts, and purchasing documents.

Employees

Adds and manages employees and their feature permissions, individually or through Employee Groups, Employee Options, and Employee Roles.

Stores

Reviews and edits store setup information such as Accounting IDs, Company IDs, square footage, and store behaviors. Also includes Store Lists and Store Approval Types.

 

 KEY FEATURES

Interfaces follow a hierarchy

Interfaces control item behavior in the POS and in other integrations, and you can set them in three places: by Store, by Level, and by Item. Lower levels override higher ones: a level interface overrides a store interface, and an item interface overrides both. Setting interfaces at the level or item is usually safest, because item-level changes are the easiest to reverse.

Caution: Setting interfaces at the store level applies them to every item in the store. Avoid changing store-level interfaces unless you are certain of the result, and reach out to Support or your Implementation Guide if you have questions.

Global Options apply to the whole database

The Global section sets rules that affect every store, including the System Closeout Date (which blocks back-dating past a set date), the Cost Calculation Method, Negative On-Hand cost handling, purchasing parameters, and foreign currency. Move the closeout date forward as you close each month or quarter with accounting.

Employee access has multiple layers

You can grant permissions to individual employees or manage them through Employee Groups, which apply the same access to many employees at once. Groups are store-specific. Employee Options also let you validate logins against Windows accounts or Active Directory, and Employee Roles support hierarchical PO approvals.

Print Templates are fully customizable

The built-in print template editor lets you create or modify any printable document, such as labels, receipts, and purchasing documents. You can copy a default template before editing so the original stays intact, then add data fields, expressions, text, and pictures.

 

 BEST PRACTICES

Change settings at the safest level

    Set interfaces at the level or item rather than the store, so changes are contained and easy to reverse.

    Copy a default print template before customizing it, rather than editing the original.

Lean on your guide for system-wide settings

    Confirm Global Options, foreign currency, and store interfaces with Support or your Implementation Guide before changing them.

    Keep your System Closeout Date current by moving it forward at each monthly or quarterly close.

 

Last reviewed: June 2026  ·  Applies to: Yellow Dog Inventory 2026



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