NCAS Inventory Navigation Tips

NCAS Inventory Navigation Tips

In the NCAS Basics Computer Based Training (CBT) course, you learned to do the following:

Log on/log off the mainframe
Log on/log off the NCAS
Navigate between the screens and modules in the NCAS

The navigation basics that you learned in the NCAS Basics CBT apply to all the modules in the NCAS. In this section, you will learn about a navigation feature that is unique to the Inventory module: the KEYS field.

The KEYS Fields

The KEYS fields are located in the upper left corner of any inventory screen in the Inventory module.

Like other modules in the NCAS, the NEXT FUNCTION field is used to navigate from screen to screen in the Inventory module. In addition, the KEYS field is used to directly access specific data on an IN screen.

In other words, to access data on an IN screen, you must specify both of the following:

A three or four letter screen identifier in the NEXT FUNCTION field

Note: Note that some screen identifiers in the Inventory module may be four letters, unlike the three letter screen identifiers used in most of the other NCAS modules.

The data identifier, known as the key(s), in the KEYS field

The key, which is the value or data identifier that is entered in the KEYS field, is a critical piece of data used by the NCAS to search for information. The warehouse identifier (the name or number used to identify the warehouse in the NCAS), the group account identifier and the item number are commonly used keys.

A screen can have no key or up to three keys. A list of the inventory screens and the corresponding keys can be found in the provided job aid, Inventory - Quick Reference Guide. Keys are entered in the KEYS field. The KEYS field consists of three separate fields that are 15, 10, and 3 characters long, respectively.

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