Inventory Item Default Information Fields

The following field information is intended to assist those who design reports for Sage 50 using Crystal Reports.

Filename: GENERAL_INV.DAT

The GENERAL.DAT file contains default information about your Sage 50 company. It contains rows, but each row is very different in layout from the other rows. GENERAL_INV.DAT is the inventory item defaults (Module 7) view of Sage 50's GENERAL.DAT file. Most of the field information for GENERAL_INV.DAT view is entered or displayed in Sage 50's Inventory Item Defaults window.

  • To add Sage 50 inventory item default fields to your Crystal reports, select GENERAL.DAT, and choose the GENERAL_INV.DAT view.

Note: GENERAL.DAT tables cannot be linked to other Sage 50 data tables, but they can be used individually to extract various default information in your Crystal reports.

Indexes and Their Uses

This file has two keys:

0 = ByModule

1 = By GUID

Fields

The following table shows the fields available in the GENERAL_INV.DAT file and includes the type and size in number of bytes of each field.

Field Name

Type

Size

Comment

AcctgModule

Integer

For inventory item defaults, you must specify that Module == 7.

GUID

UBinary

GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) used for linking the General_INV table.

LastUpdateCounter

Integer

This increases incrementally when the record is changed.

GL_Filler

Binary

Do not select or use this field. It is used by Sage 50 for internal reasons.

PR_Filler

Binary

Do not select or use this field. It is used by Sage 50 for internal reasons.

W2_Filler

Binary

Do not select or use this field. It is used by Sage 50 for internal reasons.

AP_Filler

Binary

Do not select or use this field. It is used by Sage 50 for internal reasons.

AR_Filler

Binary

Do not select or use this field. It is used by Sage 50 for internal reasons.

Jobs_Filler

Binary

Do not select or use this field. It is used by Sage 50 for internal reasons.

CustomField_Label1 [1-5]

ZString

16

Text label for first inventory item custom field.

Note: Labels for inventory item custom fields are set up on the Custom Fields tab of the Inventory Items Defaults window.

To get the custom field names, you must use a custom formula.

CustomField_Enabled1 [1-5]

Integer

1

1=True, 0=False

ShipViaDesc1 [1-10]

ZString

20

AllowDupUpcSkuVal

Logical

Setting of the Allow duplicate values in the UPC/SKU field checkbox on the General tab of Inventory defaults.

IncPOOnQtyAvail

Logical

Setting of the Include purchase orders when calculating quantity available checkbox on the Ordering tab of Inventory defaults.

IncWkTkOnQtyAvail

Logical

Setting of the Include work tickets when calculating quantity available checkbox on the Ordering tab of Inventory defaults (Sage 50 Quantum Accounting).

fOutStkWarnSalOrder

Integer

Setting of the Sales Invoice / Receipt Out of Stock Warning options on the Ordering tab of Inventory defaults.

fOutStkWarnSalInv

Integer

Setting of the Sales Order / Proposal Out of Stock Warning options on the Ordering tab of Inventory defaults.

bUserDoesNotWantUM

Logical

Setting of the Enable Multi-Packs and buying and selling in different units / measures checkbox on the Ordering tab of Inventory defaults (Sage 50 Quantum Accounting).

InternalUsed

Do not select or use this field. It is used by Sage 50 for internal reasons.

ATCrtPODropShip

Logical

Auto-creation of purchase orders based on drop-ship orders.

ATCrtPONonDropShip

Logical

Auto-creation of purchase orders based on non-drop-ship orders.

ATCrtPOWorkTickets

Logical

Auto-creation of purchase orders based on work tickets (Sage 50 Quantum Accounting).

AlwDupPtNoForVend

Logical

Indicates whether or not duplicate part numbers ares allowed for items with the same preferred vendor.

DefaultClass

Integer

-1=None

0=Non-stock item

1=Stock item

2=Description only

3=Assembly

4=Service

5=Labor

6=Activity item

7=Charge item

8=Master Stock item

9=Substock item

10=Serialized Stock item

11=Serialized Assembly