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Reservable items: Catalog items can be used as ‘Services/Catering’ in reservations. The lunch, coffee, etc, are not already present/created when you select to reserve. You select them from a catalog.
Work order items: Catalog items can be used as ‘fixed tasks/price’ options in work orders. For instance, create a catalog item named ‘Empty garbage container’ and a fixed price (negotiated with a contractor). This item can be added to work orders instead of adding a free text description and manually adding a price every time, making it easier and less error-prone to specify certain tasks in work orders. The same applies to contracts; therefore, catalog items can also be linked to contract items.
Orderable items: Catalog items can be used as a list of products that can be purchased at a supplier via a purchase order. Having a fixed list of catalog items with fixed prices makes it less error-prone and makes it clearer to users which products can be purchased and at what prices.
Meter type: Catalog items can also be used to register different meter types (gas, water, and energy) and link these to the energy meters. For more information, see: Energy meters module.
Since catalog items are only relevant in relation to some of the other modules, the catalog module is automatically enabled if a relevant module (Reservations, Work orders, Contracts, Purchase orders, Energy meters) is enabled.
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