Fix Item custom categories | Collection of Useful Microsoft Dynamics GP Sql Commands, Tips and Tricks

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Fix Item custom categories

Long Description:
Background of the problem:
  We imported data from various external sources into GP Dynamics inventory using Integration Manager. Everything else was working great except the custom categories are not displaying correctly. Looking at IV00101 (Master Inventory) table showed that all fields used for storing the custom categories (USCATVLS_1, USCATVLS_2, USCATVLS_3, USCATVLS_4, USCATVLS_5, USCATVLS_6 ) were all correctly populated with the right data.

  Incidentally, all those instances of custom categories need to be present in another table called Item Categories, which was empty at the time.

  This query below extracted all custom categories and created an entry for them in the appropriate table. After running the query, all custom categories now displayed correctly in the Item Maintenance window.

IMPORTANT:
Commands with UPDATE, DELETE or DROP can ruin your data! Please use these queries with caution. We highly recommend that you backup your database before trying out these commands and to load them up first on a test server. Use at your own risk.

Associated SQL Command:
/* * 1. Load all CUSTOM CATEGORY1 DATA FROM INVENTORY (IV00101) * 2. Iterate through each CATEGORY1 and check if it exists in the table of CUSTOM CATEGORIES (Must match the category code AND category position) * 3. If not found then create a new custom category entry in the reference table * 4. The correct custom category1 of your items should now correctly display when viewed in the Item Maintenance window. * Note that there are 6 custom category positions so change @ATEGORY_POSITION accordingly. The query below works for the first custom category only. */ declare @CATEGORY_CODE char(11) declare @CATEGORY_POSITION int set @CATEGORY_POSITION = 1 declare curs cursor for select distinct v.USCATVLS_1 from IV00101 v where len(v.USCATVLS_1) > 0 open curs fetch next from curs into @CATEGORY_CODE while @@fetch_status = 0 begin if not exists(select USCATVAL from IV40600 where USCATVAL = @CATEGORY_CODE and USCATNUM = @CATEGORY_POSITION) begin print @CATEGORY_CODE insert IV40600 (USCATVAL, USCATNUM) values (@CATEGORY_CODE, @CATEGORY_POSITION) end fetch next from curs into @CATEGORY_CODE end close curs deallocate curs
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