equipment tool inventory system, primer, set due date

Question/Topic: Simple Equipment/Tools Inventory solution, how to define due date?

Open Manage Loans

On the File menu, click Load Database. Select and load Equipment/Tools database.
Open Manage Loans windows:
a. Click on the Loan tab. Click with right mouse button on the Loan field to display pop-up menu. Select Manage Loans command.
b. On the Search menu, click Manage Loans
In the Manage Loans window (screen snapshot below) click Set Due Date Period (1).

How to define equipment categorized due date period?

How to define/modify default due date period?

Select the field in the Use this Data Field to determine Due Date Period (1) box. For example you can select tool/equipment CATEGORY data field. This field has values like: Drills, Compressors, Computers, .....
Enter the value of the field into Field Value (2) edit box (for example: Drills), enter the number of days the item can be loaned in the Due Date Period (3) edit box. Click Add/Edit button to add the setting to the Due Date Period list.
Repeat this procedure for other tool categories that do not use Default Due Date Period.
Note: Default Due Date Period (4), this value will be used if you do not define categorized due date periods.

Important