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Creating Simple Products for Hospitality Events

Use the Product Administration screen to create the simple products that can be grouped to create complex products.

This task is a step in Process of Setting Up Products and Assets.

To create a simple product in Hospitality

1. From the application-level menu, choose Navigate > Site Map > Product Administration.
2. In the Products list, create a new product record and complete the fields.

   The following table describes some of the fields.

   Field	Comments
   Name	The product name.
   Part Number	The part number for the product.
   Type	The type of product. Examples are Menu, Package, Sleeping Room, and Setup Style.
   Organization	Automatically populated with the name of the default organization. The user can change the selection, and add more than one organization, specifying one as the primary.
   UoM	The unit of measure used for the product. For example, if coffee is the product, the unit of measure might be pounds.
   Child Category	The subcategory for the product.
   Category	This field is automatically populated after a subcategory is specified.
   Parent Category	If there is a category hierarchy, the top-level category.
   Property	The location of the product.
   Resource Type	Determines whether or not the item is automatically reserved for an event. Available values are Critical, General, and Non-Critical and are drawn from the LOV.
   Set-Up Time	Minutes needed to set up a product.
   Tear-Down Time	Minutes needed to tear down a product.

Related Topics

• See Product Administration Guide.