Setting Up Parent-Child Relationship for IMOA Items

About Parent-Child IMOA Items

When you apply IMOA for parent-child items, mind the following:

• The cost is displayed on the parent items (ingredients that make up the retail item).
• All the sales are performed by the lower nominator - the child (PLU - retail item).

Setting Up Parent-Child Relationship between IMOA Items

The example of the parent-child IMOA items is presented in the table below.

Parent-Child IMOA Items

Parent	Child
Bun	Chicken Sandwich
Chicken
Cheese

To set up parent-child relationship between the IMOA items from the Parent-Child IMOA Items table in CStoreOffice®:

1. From the CStoreOffice® main page, go to Price Book > Items.
2. In the Items list, select the child item and click Edit.

   

For more information on how to search the item you need, see Searching for Price Book Elements.

3. In the item editing form, click the Parent-Child button.

   

4. In the Visualizer form > item's card, for each parent item, perform the following actions:
1. Click the Add Parent button.
   Result: The Add Parent form opens for the child item.
2. In the Add Parent form:
1. In the Search by field, select the search criterion and find the parent item.
2. In the Items in Parent field, enter the quantity parent items to be linked to the child item.
3. Click the Save button.

   

Result: The parent-child relationship is set up for the items that will work in the following way:

• When one chicken sandwich is sold, one bun, one slice of cheese and one chicken breast is removed from inventory.
• Retail value is added to the retail book inventory via a price change after the item is sold.