Creating an Advertising Product Category

Follow these steps to create an Advertising product category (of one already exists, review and modify its GL accounts as necessary):

1. Open a new record from the Product Categories service.
2. In the Name field, enter Advertising to name the new product category.
3. Enter a Description of the advertising product category.
4. Enter General in the Default Product Type field.
5. Verify the Active option is selected to ensure that the product category is available to be sold.

6. On the GL Accounts tab, add the following general ledger (GL) accounts necessary for this product category:

   Advertising GL Accounts

   Accounts Receivable (if not using the default)

   Deferred Income

   Discounts

   Sales

    

   
   
   

7. Click Save to finish creating the Product Categories record.