CM-Cabinets Library User Guide
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    Add/Import Price Tables
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    A Price Table can be used to price any material based on its' depth. In this tutorial, we are going to discuss how to :-

    Price Tables are located in <your CabMaster folder>/Materials/Table/FolderName

    Editing Price Tables will be discussed in a separate tutorial.

    See Library Basics > Table Editor for a full discussion on editing tables.

     

    Accessing Price Tables

    The Manage : Price Tables button is located on either...

    Pricing > Material/Hardware page allows you to access Price tables from Materials Manager or directly.

    Pricing > Material/Hardware page allows you to access Price tables from Materials Manager or directly.

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    Materials Manager 

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     Add : Empty

    This options allows you to add/create an empty table which can be manually populated.

    Step 1 : Folder

    First you need to select the folder from the drop list or type in the name of a new folder.

    Step 2 :  Table

    Using the radio button, select Add : Empty option.

    Enter the Table name along with a Label, which is a Table Comment.

    Price Table location will be under <your CabMaster folder>/Materials/Table/Folder/TableName.qlt

    In this example : <your CabMaster folder>/Materials/Table/Linear Benchtop/ABC.qlt

    Step 3 : Discount

    A Discount can be applied - see Editing Discount Tables.

    Step 4 : Rows/Columns

    Specify the size of the table Rows and Columns. In this example, Rows = 4 and Columns = 3 

    Step 5 : PriceTable

    The table will be created and opened in the table editor to allow you to manually populate the table as required. 

    Row labels are designated and labelled as Length. For an example see Using Price Tables : Non Linear.

    See Library Basics > Table Editor on how to edit row/column headers and enter relevant data.

     

     Add : Empty - Linear

    Similar to Add : Empty table except that the rows are labelled differently i.e. as a String instead of Length.

    Step 1 : Folder

    First you need to select the folder from the drop list or type in the name of a new folder.

    Step 2 :  Table

    Using the radio button, select Add : Empty - Linear option.

    Enter the Table name along with a Label, which is a Table Comment.

    Step 3 : Discount

    A Discount can be applied - see Editing Discount Tables.

    Step 4 : Rows/Columns

    Specify the size of the table Rows and Columns.

    Step 5 : PriceTable

    The table will be created and opened in the table editor to allow you to manually populate the table as required. 

     

    Row labels are designated and labelled as String. For an example see Using Price Tables : Linear.

    See Library Basics > Table Editor on how to edit row/column headers and enter relevant data.

     

     Add : Import

    Adds a price table by importing from a delimited file (e.g. a comma delimited 'CSV' file).

    Step 1 : Folder

    First you need to select the folder from the drop list or type in the name of a new folder.

    Add : Import  -  Click to Expand

    Add : Import  -  Click to Expand

    Step 2 :  Table

    Using the radio button, select Add : Import option.

    Enter the Table name along with a Label, which is a Table Comment.

    Step 3 : Discount

    A Discount can be applied - see Editing Discount Tables.

    Step 4 : Browse

    Use the Browse button to locate the import file. The file will be previewed at the bottom of the screen.

    In this example, a comma delimited text file is imported, called Import.txt. Click on image to view text file.

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    Add : Import  -  Click to Expand

    Step 5 : Delimiter

    Specify the delimiter using the drop list. In this example, Comma.

    Step 6 : Header Row

     Specify whether the first row of data is a Header Row, specifying column names. In this example, Yes

    Step 7 : Import

    Click on the Import button.

    Step 8 : Price Table

    This will create the table and open it in the table editor.

     

    See Library Basics > Table Editor on how to edit row/column headers and enter relevant data.

     

    Adds a price table by allowing import data to be pasted from the clipboard.

    Step 1 : Folder

    First you need to select the folder from the drop list or type in the name of a new folder.

     

    Step 2 :  Table

    Using the radio button, select Add : Paste option.

    Enter the Table name along with a Label, which is a Table Comment.

    Step 3 : Discount

    A Discount can be applied - see Editing Discount Tables.

    Step 4 : Paste

    Click on the Paste button, which will open the following dialog.

    Step 5 : Delimiter

     

    Specify the delimiter using the drop list. In this example, Comma.

    Step 6 : Header Row

    Specify whether the first row of data is a Header Row, specifying column names. In this example, Yes

    Copy the data for import. 

    • In this example, Select All in the Import.txt file and Copy data.

     

    Step 7 : Edit

    Click on the Edit button, shown below, which opens a Edit Text box..
    • Paste the content of the clipboard into the text box, as shown.
      • You can also manually enter/edit data into the text box.
    • Click OK to close the text box.

     

    Step 8 : Price Table

    This will create the table and open it in the table editor.

     

    See Library Basics > Table Editor on how to edit row/column headers and enter relevant data.

     

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