Enabling the catalog to display both active and discontinued items will streamline the sprunki phase 3 database management process for administrators and reduce errors.

Good idea! This would save time, Chill Guy Clicker and prevent duplicate entries.

I believe enabling the catalog page to display both active and discontinued items when searching by part number would greatly streamline the process for database administrators.Crossy Road This change would help prevent the confusion and errors that arise from inadvertently trying to add part numbers that already exist in a discontinued status, ultimately improving our workflow and efficiency.

@ tap road: When adding new part numbers to the database, it's essential to verify that the part number does not already exist.

Often, the system returns a message indicating that the item already exists, which may refer to a discontinued item.

By showing both active and discontinued items, database administrators can avoid unnecessary errors and streamline the process of adding new items.

Ensure that the search Sprunki box and results area are updated to reflect this new functionality. You may want to include a note or label indicating that both active and discontinued items will be displayed in the search results.

Although it is not automatic, you can use filters or a query to make the catalog display both active and discontinued items simultaneously before you begin your search. https://scratchgeometrydash.com

I've done this inadvertent duplication attempt a few times myself. I could imagine when naming a new item, it could have a live lookup that would show a little warning flag/text if the name or partial name already exists while you're typing it.

Catalog admins will likely generally work with discontinued and unapproved items hidden, but a search would be great to be able to optionally show these items as grayed out or somehow distinguished from regular items. I've imagined two buttons or checkboxes on the search toolbar that would toggle the visibility of the discontinued or unapproved items. The buttons/checkboxes could even indicate the number of discontinued or unapproved items when they are found but not shown.

It is not automatic, but you can definitely have the catalog show active and discontinued items at the same time already using filters or a query and then do your search.

I have a different reason for wanting the same function.

We have a sales team of 4 which will add any product they want to specify to the catalogue. If they don't find the product in our catalogue they go ahead and add it meaning we've had up to 6 copies of the same product (with slightly varying names) all of which me as Design has to unapproved to prevent it being used again. I've resorted to using 2 custom fields, one to state a one word summary if a product black or grey listed item (grey means there are issues when used in a particular way but otherwise the product is suitable) and the other field to explain what the issues are, why this makes it unsuitable and sometimes to advise sales of a different approach.

I would like to see the approved status expanded beyond a simple check box to provide user definable and selectable statuses, much like Order Status field under Order and Install. I would also like all products to be discoverable in a search but anything which shouldn't be used to be greyed out. Perhaps the master settings page could allow users to select whether they wish Discontinued or selected approval statuses to be discoverable in a search.

Example statuses might be Black listed product, Grey listed product, long lead time product, unreliable product, difficult to install / deploy, unfavourable distribution channel, poor build quality, poor support model, a brand who ethics don't align with the aspirations of the installer / the law where the installer is based etc. A user might decide most of these statuses are acceptable risks and the product can be in used projects but they might choose to prevent selected statuses from be used.

As i write this its become clear i'm asking for a different set of changes to the original request so i will post this separately.