Inventory Categories Maintenance

LarryJoy

I am having a problem. I go to Main Menu > Inventory Setup > Inventory Categories Maintenance. At the screen I put in a Category Code of "RESTHT" and then enter a Category Description of "Resistor THT". I click the down arrow at Stock Type and it is blank. I thought this was preloaded and expected to be able to pick "raw material".

I clicked on "Report a problem with KwaMoja"--Report a bug to the project team, but it came back with "Warning Report: You do not appear to have an internet connection. To use this function you require access to the internet." I do have an internet connection otherwise I wouldn't be here. Help.
--Regards, Larry

TurboPT

It appears that there is no default list for the Stock Type entry, but no big deal, it's easily added. This is not a surprise (to me), really, because the desired stock type needs vary from one business to another. What one business might call a certain 'stock type' may not be the same as another's.

So what I did first:
Same screen with the link to the inventory categories maintenance, in the middle section, there is a link near the bottom of that section called: Maintain stock types

At the stock type screen, I entered R for type, and Resistor for the type name.
my stock type entry

Then back to the categories to add what you did:
my category entry

HTH?

LarryJoy

It only helped partially. I was able to enter information at the Maintain stock types screen. I then went to Stock Category Maintenance > New Stock Category Details. Where I entered the information as follows:
Category Code: RESTHT
Category Description: Resistor THT [The THT means through hole technology as opposed to SMT that means surface mount technology.]
Stock Type: Comes up with Capacitors and I change this by picking Resistors and that makes the Category Code disappear, so I have to reenter that.
Default Tax Category: IRS or I could pick "Shipping". [IRS for the Internal Revenue Service of the U.S.] I don't know what this is asking for or what is needed?
Stock GL Code: 1420 - Raw Material Inventory
WIP GL Code: 1440 - Work in Progress Inventory
Stock Adjustments GL Code: Select an Acct Code
Internal Stock Issues GL Code: Select an Acct Code
Price Variance GL Code: Select an Acct Code
Usage Variance GL Code: Select an Acct Code
Donations GL Code: Select an Acct Code
-----Click on "Enter Information"----- and get
Database Error 1054 : Could not insert the new stock categoryResistor THTbecause Unknown column 'donationsact' in 'field list'.???
Further help needed, thanks.
--Larry