To purchase equipment, the first task is to create a purchase transaction for what will be purchased. This is accomplished as follows:
Right-click the class code description and select Buy This Equipment. The application creates a purchase transaction and displays it in the Purchases tab.
Note: equip_purchase Rather than using this command, you could instead use the Buy Like command found in the Equipment List pane. This command appears on the shortcut menu that appears when you right-click the record for a piece of equipment similar to what is being purchased. The difference between the commands is that the Buy Like command not only creates a purchase transaction (like the Buy This Equipment command) but also copies information from the existing purchased-equipment record to the purchasing tabs of the new transaction. This can save time in the following step. |
When the purchased equipment arrives and you want to add it to inventory, complete the purchase transaction by using the following steps: