Inventory Transaction Search

For actions that occurs in STRUMIS where Inventory moves or is altered, a transaction will be generated. For example, a transaction can be generated by receiving Inventory from a Purchase Order Receipt, exchanging bars or even performing an Inventory Adjustment.

This search form allows you to browse through these transactions and access therm to make adjustments if necessary. This process will open the original form used to make adjustments.

there are three distinct tabs available to search with, each with there own functions. These are as follows:

General tab

There are a number of different options available to narrow the search parameters when looking for Inventory Transactions:

 

Option

Description

ID

If you know the system designated ID of a specific transaction enter this here.

Transaction Name

The each transaction will have a specific name. These names are representative of the type of transaction contained within the record. For example, an Inventory adjustment might look like this: ADJ- 00000, depending on the mask used in the Items and Inventory Options. Enter the specific name to search for this record.

Transaction Type

Use the drop down to specify the nature of the transactions to include in the seach. for. For example, if you are looking for facility transfer records, select this option here. If you do not wish to search by transaction type, leave this field set as <all>.

Show Items

Choosing from All, Steel, Non Steel or Marks changes the designation of the name field to accommodate search parameters relevant to the chosen item type. These are as follows:

  • All- Provides a free text box to enter alpha-numeric search criteria.

  • Steel- Populates the steel item picker to select a section type, size and grade.

  •  Non Steel- Provides a drop down list of all non steel items in the database to use as a search term.

  • Marks- Select a Contract and Phase/Zone from the available lists, then narrow the search to items related to a specific mark. Choosing this option will also disable the Allocation search tab.

Name

Date From/to

Enter and upper and/or lower limit to the time line within which the transactions in the grid may have occured.

Location facility

If your business has more than one Facility within STRUMIS and a transaction you are searching for took place at this other site, select it from the drop down list,

Max Rows

Set max rows to 0 to receive all possible results to the grid, including those  above the 1000 row limit. Be cautious when utilising max rows in the Inventory search form as a large quantity of records being returned as a result of the search may take some time to load,

Only show Open Transactions

When the search takes place, all results will be visible in the grid, including completed (closed) transactions. Tick the box to prevent those closed records from appearing in the grid.

Allocation Tab

The functions available for searching on the allocation tab include searching via Contract and Phase. This tab will not be available if you have selected the Mark option on the general tab.

The options on this tab can be used in conjunction with the general tab. For example, if you wish to search for steel item related transactions on a specific Contract, select the steel search option on the general tab and enter the relevant information, then go to the allocations tab and choose the contract and phase form the drop down menu.

 

Option

Description

Contract

Use the drop down menu to select a Contract from the list. The list contains contracts that as active in the system.

Phase

Select a phase form the chosen Contract. Leaving this blank will allow the search to include all phases on the Contract.

If there is no Contract selected the phase list will be empty.

Advanced Tab

The advanced tab can be used to find inventory transactions from a specific work order and/or tracking number.  This can be used in conjunction with the search functions from the general and allocation tabs.

Option

Description

Complete Transactions

This tick box can be used to include only transactions that have been completed. For example, if a Purchase Order Receipt has been saved but not completed, this will exclude it from the search with the option active.

This corresponds to the complete column in the grid.

Work Order ID

If you know that the transaction is associated with a specific work order, it's ID number can be entered here as a search parameter.

Tracking number

If you are aware of the tracking number for the items you are searching for, the search criteria can be added here.