Inventory > Creating Inventory Aliases

Aliases are useful if you want to associate a simple identifier to a number of similar items. For instance if you have a number of different Gift Card items (G10, G25, G50, G100 etc.) in your inventory, and you associate an alias of G to the items, when you type in G on the Sales Screen RetailEdge will display a list of all Gift Cards in your inventory and allow you choose the one you are selling. Aliases can also be useful as an alternative lookup for items when you are using UPCs as your product identifier. Care should be given when assigning aliases to avoid overlapping with other inventory items or package IDs. See Sales Screen Item Lookups

Creating and Adding Aliases

To create or add inventory aliases:

1.	Edit the item you want to assign an alias to.

2.	Press the Alias tab on the Edit Inventory screen.

3.	Type in the name of the alias you want to use or create in the Add New Alias box.

4.	Press the Add button.

Deleting Aliases

To delete an inventory alias:

1.	Edit the item you want to delete the alias from.

2.	Press the Alias tab on the Edit Inventory screen.

3.	Select the alias from the Current Aliases box.

4.	Press the Delete button.

5.	Continue to do this to all inventory items you want to remove the alias from.