Using categories allows you to view reports, view items and set common attributes for multiple stock items at once in a convenient fashion.
Within Service Manager there are two types of categories, Main Categories and Sub Categories. Every stock item is then assigned a sub category.
For example, you have a main category of "Towels" which has two sub categories of "Hand Towel" and "Roller Towel". As a roller towel takes longer to service than a hand towel you would want that to be reflected on the cost calculations but you don't want to go through every roller towel stock item to update it. Therefore, you would just enter the exchange time on the Roller Towel sub category.
| To | See |
| Create a new category | How to: Create Categories |
| Create a new sub category | How to: Create Sub Categories |
| Move a stock item to another sub category | How to: Move a Stock Item to a Different Sub Category |
There are several reports that you can run for categories. See the table below for more info.
| Report | Description | See |
| Agreement Items - By Sub Category | A list of all agreement items for this sub category. | How to: View Sub Category Agreement Items |
| Agreement Items - By Sub Category (Rented) | A list of all agreement items for this sub category that are marked as rented. | How to: View Sub Category Agreement Items |
| Consumable Costs | A breakdown of every stock item in this sub category, detailing the number of services per year for each stock item and the costs associated with performing those services. | How to: View Sub Category Costs |