Usage limit meter types are used with all yield-based reports.
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Overview | Best Practice Steps | Other Helpful Info | Related Alerts
Overview
Overview
The usage limit meter types were put into place for ECi customers who wanted to build a service contract that would 'limit' the quantity of a particular item allowed for a contract. Very few dealerships are using the functionality in this way, as it does not take into account when a customer has overages and how that should affect how much toner they use.
If you are not setting up your contracts with item usage limits, then this item setting has no impact and does not 'stop' an item from being used on a contract.
However, this field does serve an important function for any 'Yield' based reports, as this is where you specify which meter type to use with the item. This way, the system knows which yield on an item goes with the black and white meter and which goes with the color meter.
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Best Practice Steps
Best Practice Steps - start to finish
1. The Usage limit meter type is set on the item record in e-automate:
2. The options in the drop-down are set in e-automate under Tools - Lists and Codes - Meter Types. The meter types that are system settings can not have the meter type changed, though you are able to edit the description of the meter types if needed.
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Other Helpful Info
Other Helpful Info
1. You can bulk update the usage limit meter types on items using the bulk update function in e-automate:
Select Items from the update list, and then from the update menu, select Usage limit meter type. Filter the item list as needed to only update the meter type for the appropriate items. See this post for more details and instructions on using the bulk update feature to update the usage limit meter types.
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Related Alerts
Related Alerts
ID22 - Billed Supply Order for Usage Limit Meter Type = Var W
ID315 - Excessive Toner Alert
ID316 - Toner Items Missing Copy Yields and Usage Limit Meter Types
ID634 - Insert Sales Orders into e-automate
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