Products of Category Type "Wire" are differentiated from other Products like Equipment and Speakers.
Manufacturer
The dropdown menu lists all the Manufacturers in your Catalog. Click the "New" link to create a new Manufacturer. This is a required field.
Model
This displays the Model number of the Product. This is a required field.
Category
The dropdown menu lists all the Categories in your Catalog. Click the "New" link to create a new Category. This is a required field.
Subcategory
The dropdown menu lists all the Subcategories in your Catalog. Click the "New" link to create a new Subcategory.
URL
Here you can set the link to a webpage for the product.
Part Number
Here you can enter in something other than the Model number to identify a Product.
Status
Here you can mark a product as Discontinued or Approved. Discontinued can be used to keep a Product in your Catalog, but not have it display on forms by default. Approved data automatically synchronizes to your SIX Server for use by all User, unchecking this setting keeps your data changes local to your machine.
Image
Here you can add an image to a Product. You can use the Add, Paste, Clear functions or you can drag and drop images directly into the field.
Short Description
Here you can enter a brief description for a Product for use on "internal" vs. client reports. Maximum of 255 characters.
Long Description
Here you can enter a longer description for a Product. When this field is populated, all client reports will use this description. If this field is blank, client reports will use the Short Description field.
You can change the setting on whether or not to use the Long Description field via Report Settings.
You can Check Spelling:
You can change the case of one or multiple Manufacturers at a time. Make multiple selections by holding down Shift (to select a series) or Ctrl (to select outside of a series). Your options are: Upper, Lower, Title, Sentence.
You can also insert an existing Snippet or add a new Snippet. See Snippets.
Tags
Here you can add tags to help identify Products while searching.
MSRP
Here you can enter the "manufacturers suggested retail price". This does not add any value to the Product. Use this as a reference point for how you set your Unit Price.
Price Type
There are three Price Types available, in this example they are named: Retail, Builder, and Custom. You name these fields under Manage Price Types. You do not need to use all three Price Types but they are there if you need them.
There are four fields available for each Price Type:
Cost
Enter how much the Product costs you
Price
Enter how much you sell the Product for
Margin
Margin =(1 - (Unit Cost / Unit Price)) x 100. This field calculates automatically for you based off of the Unit Cost and Unit Price. See "Pricing Options" below.
Markup
Markup = (Selling Price - Product Cost) / Product Cost * 100%. This field calculates automatically for you based off of the Unit Cost and Unit Price. See "Pricing Options" below
Phase
Here you can assign a Phase to a Product, generally something like: Rough-In, Trim, or Finish. Phases can determine what labor rate should be applied to the Product multiplied by the Labor Hours (see below). See Labor Considerations for more information regarding charging for labor this way. See Phases for labor rate settings.
Labor Hours
Here can add the number of hours you estimate (or know) that it will take to install a Product. When used in conjunction with the Phase field, labor may be calculated depending on how you have chosen to charge for labor in SIX. See Labor Considerations for more information.
Taxable
This determines whether a Product is taxable. See Tax Settings.
Pricing Options
This option is checked by default. This will automatically change your Unit Price based on the existing Margin and Markup when you change the Unit Cost for a Product.
Price Rules
Clicking this link will allow you to use Price Rules to set the pricing fields for the Product. See Price Rules.
Estimated Installation Price
This will show you the estimated installation price for the Product which will include labor, taxes, Misc. Parts Adjustments, and Equipment Adjustments if applicable.
Item
This field will display the QuickBooks Item Number when using our QuickBooks Integration. You can also manually enter an "accounting ID" from your own accounting software.
Vendor
This field will display the QuickBooks Vendor when using our QuickBooks Integration. You can also manually enter a vendor from your own accounting software.
Diameter
Here you enter the Diameter of the Wire. Enter in any field to calculate inches, millimeters and centimeters.
Bulk Wire
Checking this box will treat the wire on a per foot/meter basis. When using this option you will enter your Unit Cost, Unit Price, and Labor Hour by the foot/meter. Use this option for wire that comes on a spool. Wire that is marked as "Bulk Wire", when added to a Project, will trigger a prompt for the Head End and Wire Length. See Bulk Wire.
Start Terminal
Here you can set the terminal type of the start or "source" of the wire.
End Terminal
Here you can set the terminal type of the end or "destination" of the wire.
Here you can set Custom Fields for a Product. There are five Short Text fields, three number fields, three date fields, and three long text fields. Click here to see how to name your Custom Fields.
Here you can add Products and/or Labor Items to a Product. Click here to learn about Accessories.
Here you can set overrides for the default Visio Shapes and AutoCAD Blocks that drop on pages in our Visio and AutoCAD interfaces. You can override the defaults for all Page Types: Line, Elevation, Plan, Schematic, and the side view that displays on Elevation pages. You can use other SIX Visio Shapes/AutoCAD Blocks or your own custom shapes/blocks.
Note: these settings are rarely used for Wire Products.
Component ID
This will display the auto-generated Component ID for the Product. This is a unique number given to every Product and Labor Item added to a Project. Click here to see how to set your Component ID. You can override this number by typing in the field.
Serial Number
Here you can enter the Serial Number for a Product. This can be useful for reference and on Service Orders.
IP Address
Here you can enter the IP Address for a Product.
Optional
This will mark the Product as Optional. Click here for details.
Discount
Here you can enter a discount percentage for the Product.
Net Unit Price
This field will show the unit price after the discount is applied.
Owner Furnished Equipment
Checking this option will zero out the Unit Cost and Unit Price for a Product. If charging for labor using Phase and Labor Hours, the labor will still be charged for the Product. See Labor Considerations.
Non-Billable
Checking this option will not zero out the Unit Cost and Unit Price for the Product on this form, but it is zeroing out the Price of the Product within the Project file, but not the Cost. It also zeroes out any labor being charged for the Product, but not the Cost of the Labor. This option is useful for Products that you want to use on Drawing Pages that "come with" another product and should not be charged for within a Project.
Change Product Price
This will allow you change to any one of your 12 available Price Types.
This displays the Location and/or System that the Product is assigned to within the Project. You can edit your Locations and Systems here via the buttons. See Location and System Settings.
Estimate Number
This field will display the QuickBooks Estimate number when using our QuickBooks Integration. This field is editable.
Wire Length
This displays the wire length for "Bulk Wire". This field is editable. For Wire not marked as "Bulk Wire", this value is not editable and is set to a value = 1.
Head End
This displays the Head End for wires that are marked as "Bulk Wire". This field is editable via the dropdown menu you can Manage Head Ends to add new ones. For Wire not marked as "Bulk Wire", this value is not editable.
Order Status
Here you can set the order status of the Product choosing from: Not Ordered, Ordered, and In Stock/Received or any custom Order Status that you have created.
Order Number
This field can be used to enter the Purchase Order number for the Product. There is no Purchase Order functionality in SIX so this number would come from some external source, possibly QuickBooks.
Ordered Date
Here you can set the order date of the Product.
Received Date
Here you can set the received date of the Product.
Installed
Checking this box will mark the Product as "Installed" on in the Project and on any Task this Product is a part of.
Installed Date
Here you can set the install date of the Product.