Make Material Active or Inactive

Overview

The ability to make a material active or inactive is available through the Details Tab, which can be accessed through the Material Definition Window.

 

Prerequisites

A material must have been added.

 

Make a Material Active/Inactive

To make a material active or inactive:

• Select a material from the drop-down menu.

• Click on the "Yes" or "No" radio button () next to "Material Active."

• Click on the Save Button.

 

Notes

• Inactive materials will not be available for selection, but will continue to appear on reports they were associated with.

• Users are prevented from saving changes to a system item to which changes have already been made. This prevents concurrency errors.