Inventory Items
Tips and Tricks: Removing Items with On-Hand Quantity (Decimal)
You might encounter difficulty removing specific inventory items due to an error indicating that the item cannot be removed since its on-hand quantity is not zero, possibly because the decimal point is not properly adjusted. Changing the Decimal ...
Feature Overview: Size Behavior Tab
The Size Behaviors tab on the Item Editor streamlines the process of making items, and any related sizes, available or unavailable to various areas of the software - including purchasing, recipes, and the Point of Sale. Note: Some fields will only be ...
Can Yellow Dog handle items that are purchased at one size and counted at another?
This Video will discuss configuring items with multiple sizes Yes! Yellow Dog can accommodate items that are purchased at one size and counted at a second size. The system can also accommodate any additional sizes that may be required – for ...
Where can I add UPCs to items?
There are three places UPCs can be assigned to items: The Retail Details tab has space for 3 UPCs to be added: The Additional UPCs tab provides space for unlimited UPCs to be added: The interactive view will allow UPCs 1 & 2 to edited. Note: ...
What are Yellow Dogs Best Practices for managing Retail Prices?
To ensure that Retail Prices continue to reflect accurately in your Point of Sale, Yellow Dog recommends limiting who has access to the ability to Edit Retail Prices. This will prevent any accidental or unplanned changes to Retail Prices. Permissions ...
What are Bins and how can I use them?
Bins are supplemental location markers. Unlike flags they do not have to be created prior to assigning them to items and are primarily used in in the stores tab to identify more precisely where an item is located. They can also be used in Physicals ...
Why can’t I edit some of my items?
Issue: I have permissions to edit items generally, but I am unable to edit any field for one or some specific items, why? Resolution: Update the items approved status or update your permissions to be able to Edit after Approved. To confirm this is ...
What is the Web Properties tab for?
Yellow Dog has the ability to integrate with several web-carts, and the web properties tab is typically where the item configuration will occur for those integrations. Each integration is unique, and you should reach out your implementation guide or ...
How Do I Print Labels in Yellow Dog?
You can choose to print labels item by item or add them all to a label queue and print them all at once. To print your items individually, you can highlight your item and select the button print label: | Select the store that you are printing ...
What are Yellow Dogs best practices for breaking Parent/Child Items?
Yellow Dog can create related or Parent/Child Items, and an example could be bottles of wine- they are ordered by the case and sold by the bottle. Yellow Dog also provides the ability to Swap or break those relationships. Click Here for a step by ...
What are Yellow Dogs best practices for swapping Parent/Child Relationships?
Yellow Dog can create related or Parent/Child Items, and an example could be cans of soda- they are ordered by the case and sold by the can or each. In a traditional Parent/Child relationship the Case would be the Parent and the Can/each would be the ...
Tips & Tricks: How do I update interfaces?
Interfaces are how Yellow Dog controls item behavior in the Point of Sale, and these settings are highly customizable. This article will provide some general guidance for updating these settings. For additional assistance regarding your point of sale ...
Tips & Tricks: How do I update a large number of items at once?
Issue: Need to update the level/Vendor/Store assignment etc. of many items at once. Trick: This can be done via one of the many Right-Click Functions. Tip: Right-Click functions are dictated by permissions. If you cannot see the option, you are ...
How do I create a Parent/Child Item?
Creating Parent/Child Items: Parent Child items allow you to create additional sizes of your items that can be used in Purchasing, Physical Inventories, or Recipes. Select Create New Item In the wizard you will need to select a level & vendor for ...
How do I create an Item if I am a F&B customer?
This video will demonstrate how to create a video for F&B Customer How to Create an Item in Yellow Dog Inventory for F&B Customers From the Inventory Items screen select the button to “Create New Item” Select the level and vendor for your new item ...
How do I create an item if I am a retail customer?
Creating a new item for Retail: Once logged into Yellow Dog navigate to Create New Item Select the Level and Vendor for the item you are creating, and the SKU will be automatically generated.(If the level or vendor do not exist already choose the ...
Inventory Items Screen Filters
There are several filter options available to you on the Inventory Items screen that will narrow your item search. Delay Data Fetch until a Search String is Entered: Check this box to prevent data from being displayed until search criteria is ...
Inventory Items Screen Right-Click Functionality
Right-clicking on an item on the Item Management/Inventory Items screen brings up a menu of options, based on user permissions.
Hyperlinks in Yellow Dog
Hyperlinks in Yellow Dog serve as shortcuts, allowing you to quickly complete related actions without navigating away from your current screen. Example: Creating Vendors, Manufacturers, or Levels In the main Inventory Item screen, hyperlinks provide ...
Tips & Tricks: Can I Copy an Item or Purchasing Document?
Need to create an identical or similar purchasing document or inventory item? Tip: Use the "Create New Based On" feature. Trick: Locate the item or document you wish to replicate, then Click "Create new based on..."
How do I use Par & Re-Order Points?
What is a Reorder Point? The minimum quantity you would like inventory of the item to be before ordering more. Items must go below this level to trigger reorder. Items set to 0 will not reorder until you go into negative stock. This is not ...
Tips & Tricks: How do I trigger an Item?
Are you having trouble with new inventory items or changes not being sent to the Point of Sale (POS) ? Tip: Trigger the item Re-Sync to the POS. This will flag the item to be sent to the POS during its next scheduled sync. Trick: From the Inventory ...
FAQs: What is a "No Count" item?
Definition - A No Count item in Yellow Dog Inventory is an item that will never have an on hand value or be counted in Physical Inventories. These item can still be received into Yellow Dog and sold through your POS, BUT these adjustments will have ...
Tips & Tricks: How To Search for an item by UPC in Yellow Dog Inventory
Trying to locate an item by it's UPC in Yellow Dog Inventory? Tip: To locate an item by it's UPC, use the "SKU, Vendor SKU, and UPCs" view.
Tips & Tricks: Selecting/Updating Multiple items at once using Ctrl
Tip: Did you know Short Cut Keyboard controls work in Yellow Dog?! Trick: Hold Down Ctrl or Shift to select multiple items at once. Then Right Click for different edit options. The change you select will be applied to all items selected.
Inventory Items Screen Search Capabilities
Finding your inventory item is easier than ever with the powerful search features on the Item Management \ Inventory Item screen. The search field allows you to quickly look up items using these additional capabilities: AND – Finds items that match ...
Tips & Tricks: Switching to the next item within the Item Editor
Want to save time when editing purchasing documents or inventory items? Tip: Use the Forward and Back button in the lower left hand corner to switch to the next document in line.
How do I make Items Inactive or Removed?
This video will demonstrate how to make items inactive and removed Removing or Inactivating Items Removed Items are items that you don’t plan on reselling or reordering. These should be removed from the system when the on hand reaches 0. Note: an ...
How do I set a Primary Vendor?
This video will demonstrate how to set a primary vendor Primary Vendors Yellow Dog now allows for Primary Vendors to be selected for items. To set this as a feature, navigate to System Setup. Under Global Options/Purchasing, select “Force ...