In Item File Maintenance, Change mode, at the Item Number field, the user can press the F3 key to copy an item. See sample screen below. 

Currently, the Copy Item function will copy most of the fields from the original item to the new item.  The system will initialize the following fields when copying to a new item:  

• ITEM-DATE-LAST-ACCESS
• ITEM-QUANTITY-ON-HAND
• ITEM-QUANTITY-ALLOCATED
• ITEM-QTY-BO
• ITEM-QUANTITY-ON-ORDER
• ITEM-DATE_LAST-SOLD
• ITEM-QTY-LAST-SOLD
• ITEM-QTY-SOLD-PTD
• ITEM-SALES-PTD
• ITEM-COST-PTD
• ITEM-QTY-SOLD-YTD
• ITEM-SALES-YTD
• ITEM-COST-YTD
• ITEM-QTY-RETURNED-YTD
• ITEM-PRIOR-YEAR-SALES
• ITEM-USAGE-PTD
• ITEM-USAGE-YTD
• ITEM-PRIOR-YEAR-USAGE
• ITEM-AVERAGE-USAGE
• ITEM-STARTING-SALES-DATE
• ITEM-ENDING-SALE-DATE
• ITEM-SALE-PRICE
• ITEM-LOW-LEVEL-CODE
• ITEM-ACTIVE-ORDERS
• ITEM-MRP-MULT-LOC-QTY-OH
• ITEM-DATE-LAST-COUNTED
• ITEM-FRZ-QTY-ON-HAND
• ITEM-FRZ-COST
• ITEM-INVENTORY-AGE-DATES
• ITEM-DATE-LAST-OUT-OF-SOTCK
• ITEM-DATE-FIRST-RECEIVED
• ITEM-DATE-LAST-RECEIVED
• ITEM-DATE-FIRST-SOLD
• ITEM-ROUTING-NO (if not found)

In addition, it will blank the UPC or Alt Mfg Item Number that's stored in ITEM-NOTE-1 to 5 fields depending on setup.

Some users like to also initialize the ITEM-WEIGHT field.  This is especially the case if the user requires the warehouse to weight the item upon the first receiving of a new item.  This is doable by turning on the flag in Global Setup -> Dist -> PO Warehouse Receiving.

    5. Update Zero Item Weight During Receving?

If you set this flag to "Y," then most likely you would like to set up this new flag to "Y" in Global Setup -> Dist -> I/M Global Control, Screen 3:

    18. Zero Item Weight When Use F3 to Copy Item?

See sample screen below.

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