Add, Edit, or Delete Products

NOTE: See Set Product and Inventory Tab Display Options to customize the appearance of the [Products] tab.

Each product in RentMaster™ must be associated with a category/subcategory. If a new product does not fit under an existing category/subcategory, create a new category/subcategory before entering the product. For more information, see Add, Edit, or Delete Product Categories/Subcategories.

Quick Links:

Add a New Product

Edit a Product

Delete a Product

Add a New Product

From the Main Menu, click [Inventory] > Show Product Info. The [Products] tab appears.

Click [Add Product] at the bottom of the program window. The Product Information form appears.
Fill in the form fields as required, paying special attention to the following:

Enter a unique identifier for the product in the Code field, or allow RentMaster™ to automatically generate a code for you. If you have products in the system, then RentMaster™ will automatically add an increment of "1" to the last product code added. For example, if the code of the previously entered product was "FA01," then RentMaster™ will automatically apply a code of "FA02" to the newly entered product

NOTE: Since the code is not an editable element, choose your product code wisely. In order to change the unique identifier for a product later, you must delete its inventory information, then delete the product, then re-enter the product with the new identifier, and then re-enter the inventory information.

From the drop-down menu in the Category field, double-click to select the appropriate category or subcategory for the product. If an existing category or subcategory does not exist, then do one of two things:

Click [Cancel] to close the form without saving your changes. Return to the [Categories] tab and specify a category/subcategory as outlined in Add, Edit, or Delete Product Categories/Subcategories. Return to the [Products] tab to enter the product.
Select a blank category by double-clicking the blank space in the drop-down menu. Return to the [Categories] tab and specify a category/subcategory as outlined in Add, Edit, or Delete Product Categories/Subcategories later. Edit the product to specify the category/subcategory as outlined in Edit a Product below.

Enter extensive product, safety, and/or set-up instructions in the Instructions field

To add an image to the product description, follow the procedures outlined in Add or Delete Product Images.

Click [OK] to save your changes and close the form.

Edit a Product

RentMaster™ helps to keep your product information up-to-date by allowing you to edit product details—except for the Code field—at any time. To edit the product code, delete the product as outlined in Delete a Product below, and then re-enter the product as outlined in Add a New Product above.

From the Main Menu, click [Inventory] > Show Product Info. The [Products] tab appears.

Select the product to edit. Click [Edit Product] at the bottom of the program window. The Product Information form appears.
Edit product details as required. Click [OK] to save your changes and close the form.

Delete a Product

NOTE: If you want to delete a product, you must first delete any inventory information associated with it. See Add, Edit, or Delete Inventory for more information.

From the Main Menu, click [Inventory] > Show Product Info. The [Products] tab appears.
Select the product to delete. Click [Delete Product] at the bottom of the program window.
One of the following will occur:

A pop-up alert notifies you that the product cannot be deleted because it has inventory information associated with it. Click [OK] to close the alert, delete the inventory information as outlined in Add, Edit, or Delete Inventory, and then repeat the product deletion instructions.
A pop-up alert asks you to confirm the deletion. Click [Yes].

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