# Sizes

The Sizes table contains the definitions of how products are purchased, counted and sold. You can have up to 500 size definitions. The Code must be a number between 1 and 500 The Short Description is what will appear on the reports. It can be up to 6 characters. The Long Description is included for greater detail. It will appear in the drop-down boxes on the Products screen and other places. The Count defines how you will count a product. If the Count is set to 1 (e.g. for a bottle of spirits) you will be able to specify fractions of a bottle (e.g. 0.7). If the Count is set to more than 1, (e.g. 12 for bottles of beer) you will be able to count in dozens and bottles (e.g. 4 dozen and 3 bottles). The Units Of Measure defines how many drinks you will get from a product. For spirits etc. this will be the number of tots in a bottle. For bottled beer, it will be the number of bottles in a dozen, i.e. 12. The Unit Description describes the measure in which a drink is sold. It can be up to 6 characters. For spirits etc. this will be "tot" or "25ml". For bottled beer, it could be "Bottle" and for draught beer it could be "Pint". The Unit Description can be shown on the count sheet. The Unit Size is only used when recipes are being defined. Typically, recipes are defined with the amount of products specified in units, e.g. a half pint is 0.5 of a pint. However, if you have a client with a wide variety of cocktails that have varying amounts of spirits, it can be easier to work in milli-litres. For this, you would need to set the Unit Size to e.g. 25 for the 25ml sizes. Then, when defining the recipes, you simply need to put in the amount of a product in mills. The Barrellage column allows you to define a factor for conversion. Typically, beer will be converted into 36-gallon barrels and spirits into gallons. The Barrellage Calculator button provides you with a window to enter figures to calculate the barrellage for a particular size of bottle. Type in the size of the bottle and then the number of bottles in the count, e.g. dozen, and then press Enter. The barrellage figure will be calculated for you. You can then copy this figure into the Barrellage column in the sizes table.

Click on the Report button to display a sizes report which you can then print.

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