You can quickly duplicate any selected Inventory Item by clicking on the duplicate button. This is a great feature if you need to constantly enter inventory items that are the same or similar to other inventory items. When you click the duplicate button on a selected inventory item a message box will open asking if you want to duplicate the selected record. If you choose to duplicate it, a form will appear asking for you to enter a new Unique Item No. This form will already have a proposed new Item No based on the original Item No plus adding "-DUP" to the end of it. You can change this to any Item No you want as long as it is unique.
After the add inventory item has been successfully duplicated another message box will appear asking if you want to move to the add inventory item. Select 'Yes' to leave the current inventory item record and move to the add one or 'No' to remain on the current inventory item.
Everything in the add inventory item will be duplicated except for the Units In Stock, Units on Order and Units on Back Order, which will all be set to zero. Also the Inventory History Area will be reset with the current data and time you duplicated the item.
Duplicating inventory item transactions has no affect on anything at all in the program until you actually start using that inventory item in sales, service or purchase transactions. Until then you can duplicate an inventory item record and then delete it before you use it and it would be like you never duplicated it to begin with.