Configure an item’s commodity-specific units, pricing, grading, or settlement behavior.
## At a glance
- **Identify it by:** **Name**, and **Item Code**.
- **Check its business context:** **Purchase Uom**, **Sales Uom**, **Expense Account**, **Cogs Account**, and **Revenue Account**.
- **Why care:** Confirm item, formula, unit, warehouse, quantity, and production state together; mistakes can distort both material consumption and finished-goods cost.
## Before you begin
You need the Brisk permission for the action you are taking on commodity items. If a Create, Edit, or Delete control is absent, do not work around it with another user’s account; ask an administrator to review your role.
Have valid **Expense Account**, **Cogs Account**, **Revenue Account**, and **Default Tax** records ready first. Those selections determine where this Commodity Item belongs and which later screens can find it.
Create a Commodity Item
The Commodity Items create screen in the Brisk documentation demo.
Create a Commodity Item after searching for the person, organization, item, location, or resource under alternate names and identifiers. Merge or correct an existing master record instead of creating a duplicate.
1. Select the business context first: **Purchase Uom**, **Sales Uom**, **Expense Account**, **Cogs Account**, **Revenue Account**, and **Default Tax**.
2. Enter the required identifying and operational values: **Name**, **Cost**, **Sales Price**, **Expense Account**, **Cogs Account**, and **Revenue Account**, plus the remaining screen fields.
3. Review **Description**, **Item Code**, and **Memo** against the source document or approved setup decision.
4. Save the Commodity Item, then confirm **Name**, and **Item Code** on its detail page before continuing.
After saving: Verify this Commodity Item in **Commodity Invoices**, and **Item Rows** before staff build new activity on it; correct ownership, classification, and active state now rather than after transactions accumulate.
Delete a Commodity Item
Delete this Commodity Item only if it is an unused duplicate or setup mistake. Once other records refer to it, preserve that history and make the value inactive when the screen provides that option.
Before confirming, check for related **Commodity Invoices**, and **Item Rows**. Brisk may refuse deletion when another record depends on this one; resolve the duplicate or use the supported correction workflow instead of breaking the trail.
On the confirmation page, verify **Name**, and **Item Code**. After confirmation, return to the Commodity Items list and make sure only the intended Commodity Item was removed.
Review Commodity Item details
Use the detail page as the shared record of what this Commodity Item currently means. Verify **Name**, **Description**, **Item Code**, and **Cost** before relying on it for a decision.
Follow **Purchase Uom**, **Sales Uom**, **Expense Account**, **Cogs Account**, **Revenue Account**, and **Default Tax** to determine whether the issue is on this Commodity Item or on one of those linked records.
Next check: Verify this Commodity Item in **Commodity Invoices**, and **Item Rows** before staff build new activity on it; correct ownership, classification, and active state now rather than after transactions accumulate.
Edit an existing Commodity Item
Edit this Commodity Item to keep the same real-world party, item, location, or resource accurate. Do not repurpose it for a different entity after activity is attached.
1. Open the detail page. Compare **Purchase Uom**, **Sales Uom**, **Expense Account**, **Cogs Account**, **Revenue Account**, and **Default Tax** with the supporting document or approved request.
2. Recheck **Cost**, **Sales Price**, **Expense Account**, **Cogs Account**, and **Revenue Account**. These values are most likely to change material demand, production status, output quantity, and cost.
3. Save the change, return to the list, and confirm that the Commodity Item now appears under the expected **Name**, and **Item Code**.
After the change: Verify this Commodity Item in **Commodity Invoices**, and **Item Rows** before staff build new activity on it; correct ownership, classification, and active state now rather than after transactions accumulate.
Find and review commodity items
The Commodity Items list screen in the Brisk documentation demo.
Use the Commodity Items list to find the correct record before opening or changing it. Compare **Name**, and **Item Code**. Records with similar names or numbers can still belong to different **Purchase Uom**, **Sales Uom**, **Expense Account**, **Cogs Account**, **Revenue Account**, and **Default Tax**.
- Keyword search checks **Name**, **Description**, and **Item Code**.
- The initial order emphasizes **Name**. Select a column heading when you need a different comparison.
Open the Commodity Item whose **Name**, and **Item Code** match the task. If it is missing, clear the list filters and recheck the identifying information shown on the screen rather than creating a replacement immediately.
## Fields and business rules
Brisk stores 12 user-relevant fields for this Commodity Item, including 6 linked-record selections and 0 controlled-choice fields. Create and edit screens may hide calculated or workflow-managed values from this full reference.
| Field | Required | What it controls |
|---|---:|---|
| **Name** | Yes | Human-readable name for this commodity item. |
| **Description** | No | Description of this commodity item. |
| **Item Code** | No | Short code used to identify this commodity item. |
| **Cost** | Yes | Represents the current average cost for this product in inventory. For FIFO and LIFO settings, individual transactions will use the actual cost of the inventory that is being used. Under the Average value system, this field will update automatically upon receiving. In Manual and Market settings, this field will never update automatically and will always be used for financial calculations. |
| **Sales Price** | Yes | The sales price value recorded for this commodity item. |
| **Purchase Uom** | No | Unit of measure used when purchasing the item from a vendor. |
| **Sales Uom** | No | Unit of measure used when selling the item to a customer. |
| **Expense Account** | Yes | The expense account associated with this commodity item. |
| **Cogs Account** | Yes | The cogs account associated with this commodity item. |
| **Revenue Account** | Yes | The revenue account associated with this commodity item. |
| **Default Tax** | Yes | The default tax associated with this commodity item. |
| **Memo** | No | The memo recorded for this commodity item. |
## What happens next
Verify this Commodity Item in **Commodity Invoices**, and **Item Rows** before staff build new activity on it; correct ownership, classification, and active state now rather than after transactions accumulate.
## Common mistakes and troubleshooting
- **The record will not save:** Recheck **Name**, **Cost**, **Sales Price**, **Expense Account**, **Cogs Account**, and **Revenue Account**, plus the remaining screen fields and any message beside the field. A required related record may also be inactive or unavailable to your role.
- **The values look right but the result is wrong:** Open **Purchase Uom**, **Sales Uom**, **Expense Account**, **Cogs Account**, **Revenue Account**, and **Default Tax** from the detail page. Correct the specific relationship that is wrong instead of forcing a total or status to compensate for it.
