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Branches

Branches

Part Types (categories)

To define Part categories you create and configure Part Types in the admin panel. The configuration of branches in the admin panel is at

Home › Inventory › Part Types

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Each part can have exactly one Part Type. Changing a part’s type is only possible through the admin panel.

Configuration

Each Part Type has the following configuration options

Name

The display name of the branch in the UI. Can be multi-language.

Description

Additional description for the branch. Displayed together with the name in the UI. Can be multi-language.

Sort priority

Defines the relative order of items in the UI. E.g. an item with Sort priority = 100 is displayed before an item with sort priority = 110.

Advanced

The form that is loaded in the UI when the user clicks “Add additional information” while creating or editing a part. The idea is to show a more extensive form that requires more comprehensive user input. This field can be left empty in case no switching between forms is desired. In that case no “Add additional information” button will be displayed in the UI.

Simplified

The form which is loaded when the user selects a part category in the Create part dialog or when editing a part.

Icon

Display icon of that part category in the UI.

Color

Color of the icon in the UI

Initial status

The first status that is assigned when a part is created using this part category,

Slug

Unique identifier of that branch that is used in the CSV import of parts to assign a branch to a part.

How to delete an existing Part Type?

Part Types can be deleted in the admin panel.

  1. Make sure that there are no parts assigned to a Part Type that you want to delete. E.g. in the part list, filter by the Part Type you want to delete. It should show zero results.
    Note: Deleting a branch that has parts assigned can lead to the respective parts not loading properly anymore. Prior to version 4.8, this could even cause the entire part list not to load anymore.

  2. Open the admin panel and navigate to
    Home › Inventory › Part Type

  3. Select the Part Type you want to delete

From the Actions menu select Delete selected Part Type and click Go