5 Item Alignment

When your organization does not use an enterprise management module to control data entry, different locations can enter the same item with slight variances. OPERA Reporting and Analytics allows you to define the mastery entries for items, such as room categories, and hotel chains. Item alignment matches same items under the correct master item, ensuring that reporting and calculations account for variances in naming or entry and that data remains organized. The following diagram provides an overview of the workflow for automatically and manually aligning items added to the database.

Figure 5-1 Item Alignment Process

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