=?Utf-8?B?RFJVQW5nZWxs?= <DRUAngell[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on
21 Sep 2007 in group microsoft.public.money:

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Google searching is an art. In this case, I searched for
"microsoft money delete inventory".
The first entry was a Microsoft help article that contained the steps I
included.

<begin rantThe help files for most products are completely useless. If you're
lucky, they'll contain a generic description of functions on the menu,
but don't count on anything else. The description is usually something
extremely helpful such as, "Print - Choose this option to print".

I've always held the opinion that the built-in help file should be at
least three times as big as the program, but most developers just put
some sketchy information in to get the product out the door. They pay
for this in customer dissatisfaction and higher support costs. I've been
a developer and I've run a Help Desk. People really DO want to help
themselves, but developers don't make it easy. Documentation is always
done at the last minute.
<end rant--
Steve B.
New Life Home Improvement

You've been a huge help in a couple of my last posts. Thanks a million!

"Steve" wrote:

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I'm usually pretty good about finding out answers on my own. Where are you
finding this information about Money? The help file, for some reason, hasn't
helped me much. And even Google won't find anything relevant for me. I
guess maybe I'm just using the wrong search strings..?

"Steve" wrote:

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=?Utf-8?B?RFJVQW5nZWxs?= <DRUAngell[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on
20 Sep 2007 in group microsoft.public.money:

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Here are the instructions for deleting inventory items from the 2001
version. I just tried it in my 2008 demo version, and it works fine. I
was able to delete items that were never referenced in an invoice
directly. Those that WERE referenced required me to first delete the
line item from the invoice. Of course, you'll have to replace the line
item first to keep the invoice in balance

Money 2001 Deluxe & Business
To remove an item from the list of products and services in Money 2001
Deluxe & Business: 1. On the Money navigation bar, click Business, and
then click Products & Services.
2. In the left pane, click View inventory transactions under Common
Tasks.
3. Click to select each transaction that contains the item that you want
to delete, and then click Delete at the bottom of the screen.
4. Click Done at the bottom of the screen.
5. After you delete all the references to the item, click Go to products
& services list in the left pane under Common Tasks.
6. Click to select the item that you want to delete, and then click
Delete at the bottom of the screen.
7. Click Done at the bottom of the screen.

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Steve B.
New Life Home Improvement

Well, that's exactly what's confusing me. I don't currently have any
invoices that have either of these products on it. The only invoices I have
my Money at all are for services because of the fact I didn't end up using
Money to manage my inventory.

I double checked just to be sure, and all my invoices have services only
added to them.

"Steve" wrote:

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=?Utf-8?B?RFJVQW5nZWxs?= <DRUAngell[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on
20 Sep 2007 in group microsoft.public.money:

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You'll have to go to the invoices that reference those items and delete
the line items, replacing them with some other type of line item. You
can't delete an inventory item that's referenced on an invoice.

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Steve B.
New Life Home Improvement

Awhile back when I first started actually using Money for business
transactions I started playing with Inventory. I added a couple of products
into Money under the Products & Services section.

I was having some problems, although I don't remember exactly what, and I
have a separate system that truly runs my inventory anyway so I gave up on it.

Now I've got the idea that i'd like to go ahead and play with this again.
The problem at the moment is I still have these 2 products that were created
a long time ago that I can't get rid of now so I can just start over with it
from scratch.

My business reports are showing this inventory in stock but I don't really
have it. When I try and delete the products I get the following error:

<ProductName> cannot be deleted because there are invoices and/or inventory
adjustments that reference it.

On one of these items if I click Details it shows 0 Quantity on hand, so I'm
not sure why I can't delete that one. The other item does show a Qty. on
hand of 20. If I go to Descrease Inventory, though, the only options I get
don't have anything to do with simply delete the thing as if you never had it.

So, for now, I just wanna get these items removed some how. And then I'll
have more questions on how to use Inventory in Money to the fullest. Thanks!