Hello all,

The discussion about additional fields in Inventory has occurred several times throughout this last year, including one request to add an additional 50+ fields from one of our customers. However, the mere addition of the data elements to the data structure is only a minor part of the overall effort. Here are the questions that need to be answered for each data element you'd like us to add:

• What screen do you want to be able to enter the information on?
• Must any edits be applied to the data that has been input?
• Do you need to be able to import / export the fields?
• What reports should the new fields be printed on?
• What is the relationship of the new data elements to Adagio OrderEntry and Invoices?
• Does room for the new information need to be made on an order to store the information, or can it be retrieved from the Inventory record each time?
• Do you need to be able to print the information on any of the Adagio OrderEntry forms (Invoice / Order Confirmation / Credit Note / Picking slip etc)?
• Do you need to be able to do any calculations involving the new data elements on these forms?
• What is the relationship of the new data elements to Purchase Orders for Adagio?
• Does room for the new information need to be made on a purchase order to store the information, or can it be retrieved from the Inventory record each time?
• Do you need to be able to print the information on any of the POA forms?
• Do you need to be able to do any calculations involving the new data elements on the printed forms?
• What is the relationship of the new data elements to Adagio SalesAnalysis?
• Does room for the new information need to be made in the SalesAnalysis record?
• Do you need to be able to "turn off" the requirement for entry of these fields?

We don't have any problem just adding the data elements, but without comprehensive answers to the previous questions, I don't think that the data elements alone will be much use.

Having said all that, for anyone on the forum that would care to spend the time answering all the above questions for any data element they'd like to have added to the database, we'll be happy to consider making the new fields available in future upgrades to the products.