Overview

To ensure waste data is accurately reflected in waste reports, products must be configured with appropriate components. This guide outlines the steps required to set up products and their components correctly.

Enable Products as Components

Before a product can be used as a component in waste reporting, it must be flagged as a Product Component.

Steps:

Navigate to Administration.
Click on Product.
Locate the product you want to configure.
Click Edit.
Tick the Product Component checkbox.
Click Save.

Note: Waste product components can also be used directly as standalone products.

Assign Component Values to Waste Products

Once a product is flagged as a component, you must define its breakdown within a waste product. This breakdown tells the system what each unit (usually KG) is made up of.

Steps:

Go to the product as described above.
Click View (not Edit).
Open the three green lines menu.
Select Add New Component.

Required Fields:

Unit of Sale – Define the unit in which the product is sold.
Product Component – Select the component product.
Value of – Specify the percentage value of the component.
Is Waste Type – Indicate if the component is a waste type.
Address (optional) – Use this to set components for a specific site.

Important:

The Value of must not exceed 100.
If multiple components are added, their combined value must total 100%.

Click Create to save the component.

Repeat the process for each additional component.

End Result

Once this has been set up you should have a list if items that make up each unit of that product, totalling 100%. In the below example the "Builders Waste" product has been setup with a breakdown of 5 items.