How to: Set Up Seasons and Assign Items to a Season

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To set up Seasons

To assign items to a Season

To maintain Seasonal Items with Special Group

To set up Seasons

  1. Click the icon, enter Seasons, and select the relevant link.
  2. Click the New action to enter a new Season.
  3. Fill in the Code and Description fields.
  4. Select a Starting Date and an Ending Date.
  5. Fill in the Year (Analytics) and Period (Analytics) fields, if applicable, for use with Analytics for LS Central.
  6. Select a Special Group for the Season, if applicable.
  7. The Update Item Lifecycle Start and Update Item Lifecycle End fields specify if the Lifecycle Starting Date and Lifecycle Ending Date fields on the Retail Item Card are updated when the Season Code is assigned to an item.

To assign items to a Season

To assign an item to a season:

  1. Click the icon, enter Retail Item List, and select the relevant link.
  2. Click an item in the list to display the Retail Item Card.
  3. In the Merchandising FastTab, select a season code in the Season Code field. If it is not filled in, the Season Code (First Purch.) field will be automatically populated with the value of Season Code.

Alternatively, you can perform mass assignment of items to a season:

  1. Click the icon, enter Seasons, and select the relevant link.
  2. On the Seasons page, select a season and click Items - Assign Items to Season to open the Assign Items to Season report. This report allows for easy assignment of new items to a season, re-assignment of existing items from a current season to a new season, and to remove items from a season.
  3. To assign items without Season Code to a season, you can clear out the Current Season Code field.
  4. Fill in the New Season Code field in the report.
  5. By default, all the items associated with the season as specified in the Current Season Code will be updated, but you can filter further on the items to update, using the item filters on the report.
  6. Click OK to open the Assign Items to Season Worksheet.
  7. Review the list of items to update by selecting or deselecting the items using the Select field.
  8. Click the Update Season Codes action to assign the selected items to the new Season Code.

To maintain Seasonal Items with Special Group

When you assign a Special Group to a season, all the items belonging to the season will be automatically added to the Special Group. Conversely, when you remove the Special Group from a season, all the relevant items will be removed from the Special Group.

Furthermore, when you add or remove a Season Code assigned with a Special Group from an item, the item will be automatically added to or removed from the related Special Group.

You can also use the Copy to Special Group and Copy from Special Group actions in the Seasons page to synchronize the items setup between a Season and a Special Group.

Copy to Special Group

This action adds all items under the selected season to the season's Special Group.

  1. Click the icon, enter Seasons, and select the relevant link.
  2. In the Seasons page, select a season that is assigned with a Special Group.
  3. Click Items - Copy to Special Group.
  4. A menu will be prompted to give you the option to either add the items to the Special Group or remove existing items in the Special Group before adding the items.
  5. Click OK to proceed.

Copy from Special Group

This action assigns the selected season to all items under the season's Special Group.

  1. Click the icon, enter Seasons, and select the relevant link.
  2. In the Seasons page, select a season that is assigned with a Special Group.
  3. Click Items - Copy from Special Group.
  4. Click Yes to proceed.