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Parts list management

N.B: To access this window in Opera Job Management: in the Print menu, in Technical sheets setup, select the button.

The Parts list management window allows you to create and configure the parts lists used in job printouts.

Parts lists allow profiles, accessories, or other items to be grouped into dedicated lists, which can be recalled in technical printouts, full diagrams, delivery lists, and sash printouts.

Filter

At the top there is the field:

• Keyword: allows you to search for a parts list using a search keyword.

Function buttons

The buttons in the central part of the window allow you to manage the parts lists.

• : allows you to insert a new parts list.
• : allows you to delete the selected parts list.
• : allows you to modify the data of the selected parts list.
• : allows you to copy the selected parts list.
• : allows you to move the selected parts list upward.
• : allows you to move the selected parts list downward.
• : allows you to display or manage the data in table form.

Main parts list data

• Name: indicates the name of the parts list.
• Desc. : allows you to enter the description of the parts list.

• Color : allows you to assign a color to the parts list from the associated menu.

• Keyword: allows you to enter a search keyword for the parts list.

Notes and list title

• Notes: field used to enter any notes relating to the parts list.
• Title : allows you to indicate the title that will be displayed in the specific job printouts.

• Checkbox: allows you to enable a control or option linked to the parts list, when required by the configuration.

Diagram printing options

• Type of printing for diagrams : field used to decide how to print the parts list in the diagrams.

The menu contains the following items:

• Standard: prints the items normally in the Full diagrams.
• Print separately: prints the items in the Full diagrams grouped by parts list.
• Do not print: the items are not printed in the Full diagrams.
• Separate diagram: the items are printed in a separate diagram.

N.B: Parts lists can be printed by selecting Delivery list from the Job printouts.

• Do not show on delivery list: if enabled, excludes the parts list from the delivery lists.
• Display in sashes printout: if enabled, the program adds the parts list column with the associated accessories to the Sashes printout of the Job printouts.

Barcode and code options

This section contains the settings for printing codes and barcodes.

• Print barcode: if enabled, allows you to print the barcode linked to the parts list.
• Barcode length : allows you to define the barcode length. The field may be greyed out when barcode printing is not active.
• Barcode format: allows you to define the barcode format to be printed. The field may be greyed out when barcode printing is not active.
• Show codes: if enabled, allows you to print the codes of the items linked to the parts list.

The Icon button

The Icon button allows you to associate an image or icon with the parts list.

The image can be used as a graphic reference for the list or to recognize the parts list more easily in the printouts and linked windows.

Managing parts lists

After creating the parts lists, they can be associated with individual accessories from the Accessories Archive and with profiles from the Profiles Archive.

Their use allows you:

• to assign a parts list to an accessory or profile, so that it can be shown in a specific printout;
• to decide whether that list of accessories and/or profiles must appear in the Full diagrams printout;
• to create several lists with the related accessories and/or profiles, to be printed, for example, for the customer, for the jobsite, or for internal production needs.