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Admin
7.4 Categories
Use Categories to create and edit items in a category. A category groups
transactions for reporting purposes. For example, a category could be
Refuse and items in this category could be Compost, Tires, Yard Waste, etc.
for solid waste applications. For aggregate applications, the category could
be Material with items such as Sand, Gravel, Cement, etc. Categories also
serve as a means for applying rates.
Define Categories in the TransAct initialization file. For example, a solid
waste location may refer to material as Refuse or simply Product. You can
change the category heading to Refuse or Product by editing the initialization
file. See Section 12.2 for more information on configuring the transact.ini
file.
Note: TransAct installs two main categories by default. You can add two
more main categories using the transact.ini file.
Each category can have one or two subcategories. Subcategories help group
category items for reporting purposes and are defined in the initialization
file. For example, a solid waste landfill may wish to add a subcategory In/
Out to their Refuse category. Each Refuse item in the category can be
classified as a Refuse coming into the landfill or going out of the landfill.
Later this subcategory can be used to create reports for regulatory agencies
on refuse deposited in the landfill and refuse moved out of the landfill.
Select Admin…

Categories then the desired category to access the
Category table, in this case, the Refuse table.
The Refuse Table shows the information for the first item in the category.
If there are no items in the category yet, the category window shows a code
of 0000 and blank description field.