Auto Product Code Generation
What it does
- Add new fields into the Product Category:
- Product Sequence: to provide increment sequence for the product code.
- Product Code Prefix: that will be combined with the code generated by the sequence.
- Automatically generate and update product codes (shown as Internal Reference in the interface) based on Product Name or the defined Product Code Prefix and Product Sequence
Key Features
- Define Product Code Prefix and Product Sequence (create new/ choose from the available list) in the Product Category
- Automatically generate product codes by combining the Product Code Prefix and Product Sequence - apply for multiple products and product variants at once
- Update old product codes according to the defined Product Code Prefix and Product Sequence by clicking Update Product Code in the Action dropdown menu
Supported Editions
- Community Edition
- Enterprise Edition
Installation
- Navigate to Apps.
- Search with keyword to_product_code_sequence.
- Press Install.
Instruction
Instruction video: Auto Product Code Generation
1. Enable the Automatic Product Code Generation feature
Navigate to the Settings and check the box to enable this feature on the Units of Measure section in the General settings to use in inventory management.
2. Configure product code generation rule
Navigate to Inventory > Configuration > Product Categories, add configure the following information:
- Product Code Prefix;
- Product Sequence.
3. Create a product
When you create a new product, select the Product Category set up in the previous step, and an internal reference code will be automatically generated for this product according to the configured rules.
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