Linking Gas Items

Linking gas items lets you maintain separate prices and sales data for full-serve and self-serve gas when it comes from the same tank. When one kind of gas is linked to another, the total gallons available are displayed in the record for the item that one gas item is linked to. For example, if you link full-serve gas to self-serve gas, the number of gallons sold for both kinds of gas is displayed in the record for self-serve.

If you set up a gas link before any gas is sold, the number of gallons for the item that’s linked to another item will be zero. If the Available column displays a quantity other than 0, the gas link was set up after some gas was already sold.

To link gas items

1. Set up at least two gasoline items. Make sure the letter G is entered in the Type (G, C, F, D) field on the Inventory Maintenance screen for each gas item.

2. From the Inventory menu, select Gasoline Combine. The Gas Link Maintenance screen appears.

3. Select the gas item that you want to link to another gas item:

a. Click 1. Lookup. The Custom Inventory Lookup screen appears.

b. Type the gas item’s product code and click OK.

c. Click OK to close the Inventory List. The item is listed toward the top of the Gas Link Maintenance screen.

4. Select an item for the first gas item to link to:

a. Click 2. Lookup. The Custom Inventory Lookup screen appears.

b. Type the gas item’s product code and click OK.

Note: On the Inventory List, this item displays the number of gallons available.

c. Click OK to close the Inventory List. The item is listed toward the top of the Gas Link Maintenance screen.

5. To save the gas link click OK.

Note: Because TireMaster does not include a list of all gas links, you might want to keep a record of which gas items are linked or name the items in a way that will help you identify which ones are linked.