Substitutes panel in the Stock item window

Substitutes panel in the Stock item window
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Substitute stock item window

The Substitutes panel is displayed when Yes is selected in the Substitutes field of the Properties panel.

The Substitutes panel is used to specify items that can substitute the stock item if it is out of stock. For example, the vegetable soup may include the Canned green peas stock item. It is allowed to replace it with such items as Fresh green peas in pods or Fresh frozen green peas.

The Substitutes panel contains a list of stock items that can replace the stock item when preparing a dish to a recipe.

Figure 4.381. Substitutes panel

The Substitutes panel is composed of the following fields:

Volume – volume of the main stock item that is replaced by the specified amounts of substitute stock items. Required field.
Unit (stock item) – unit of measurement for the stock item volume. The name of this field is not displayed in the window. Required field.
The value is selected in the Select stock item unit of measurement window. By default this field contains the value defined for this stock item in the Stock items directory.

Data grid columns:

Stock item – name of the substitute stock item.
Unit (stock item) – unit of measurement for the stock item volume.
Volume – volume of the substitute stock item that replaces the specified volume of the original stock item in the Volume field of the Substitutes panel.
Index – order of preference of substitute stock items.
Comment – short comment.
Replacement for – name of the stock item that the substitute replaces.
Type – stock item type of the substitute stock item.
Category – stock item category of the substitute stock item.
Stock item group – name of the stock item group of the substitute stock item.
Class – stock item type of the substitute stock item.

The context menu contains the following commands:

Add (Ins) – adds a new substitute stock item.
Edit (F2) – edits the selected substitute stock items.
Delete (Del) – deletes the selected substitute stock items.
Properties – opens the editor window for the selected stock item(s).
Stock movement – opens the operational report on the movement of the selected stock items.
Stock item turnover – opens the operational report on the stock turnover of the selected stock items.
Purchase price – opens the operational report on purchase prices of the selected stock items.
Clipboard – menu with the commands to operate the clipboard.
Print (Ctrl+P) – generates print layouts.
Summary functions – menu with the commands to manage summary functions of the data grid.
Additional functions – menu with the commands to operate the data grid.

The New substitute stock item and New substitute stock items entry windows are used for adding new substitute stock items to the directory. The Substitute stock item and Substitute stock items editor windows are used to change parameters of substitute stock items.

The permanent delete confirmation prompt is used when deleting substitute stock items.