Item Components

The Component setting in HirePOS is used for items that need to remain part of a job or package but do not always need to be displayed prominently to the customer.

Components are commonly used for things such as marquee parts, scaffolding components, accessories, fittings, or other items that need to be tracked individually while being presented to the customer as part of a larger package.

Component status is controlled by the item's Item Type.

To configure an Item Type as a Component:

1. Go to Setup > Item Related > Item Types.

2. Create or edit the required Item Type.

3. Enable the Component option.

4. Save your changes.

Any item assigned to that Item Type will then be treated as a Component.

The setting applies to the item itself. Components do not have to be part of a package, although packages are one of their most common uses.

Components are useful when a package contains several physical items but you want to present the package more simply.

For example, a marquee package might contain:

• A package header representing the complete marquee and its price.

• Poles, pegs and other physical items used to build it.

• Component items that remain available for operational tracking and availability calculations.

Only the individual items whose Item Type is marked as Component are treated as Components. Simply being underneath a package header does not make an item a Component.

When a Quote, Booking or Invoice contains Component items, HirePOS can display a Hide Components option above the item lines.

Click Hide Components to temporarily hide Component lines from the sales record screen.

Click Show Components to display them again.

This is a screen display option only. Hiding Components does not:

• Remove the items from the Quote, Booking or Invoice.

• Change their quantities, rates, prices or invoice totals.

• Remove hire items from availability calculations.

• Prevent them from being checked for double bookings.

The Component lines remain part of the record and continue to behave normally in the background.

The screen option hides all Component lines regardless of whether those lines have a value.

Components can also be used to simplify customer-facing paperwork.

On standard Quotes, Bookings and Tax Invoices, Component items with a zero-value line can be omitted so that the customer sees the higher-level package or charge rather than every individual component.

Component items can still appear on operational documents such as Delivery Dockets and Pickup Dockets, where staff may need the complete item breakdown.

This document behaviour is separate from the Hide Components / Show Components option on the sales record screen.

A marquee package might contain:

• 6m x 6m Marquee Package: $500

• 6 × Marquee Poles: $0

• 10 × Marquee Pegs: $0

• 4 × Bracing Components: $0

The poles, pegs and braces can use an Item Type marked as Component.

Staff can still track those physical items for availability and operations, while the customer-facing Quote or Invoice can present only the $500 marquee package.

When staff are working inside the Quote, Booking or Invoice, they can also use Hide Components to temporarily simplify the item grid without changing the actual record.