Combining items on sales reporting

Hello,

We currently have a few items that we private label for some of our customers.  We use the kitted option in inventory to create the item with 1 case of product and 1 label.  All of our item numbers have the same 4 digit number with a alpha label designation (example: 2002CAB, 2002COD, 2002POR, etc.).  The alpha characters tell our warehouse which label to put on the case.

Right now when we run the Unit Sales by Period report, each item is subtotaled separately.  Is there a way in Crystal Reports to run the report that only looks at the first 4 characters when subtotaling?  When tracking sales of the the item, it doesn't matter which label is on the product, rather just how many of that product was sold.  We currently add them up manually, but it would just be easier when doing re-orders to have a report showing all sales of the item regardless of private label.

Thanks,

Rich

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    Crystal reports the left feature.

    You need to create a formula field based on the left feature and create a subtotal group based on the left feature

    Steps: (field_name

    a) New formula field - give it any name... use the wizard under strings to create a field like so:

    Left ({field_name},4 )

    b) Make sure your SQL is (selection criteria is modified to sort ) - you will need to add or modify the sort as so:

    order by left(field_name,4)

    c) Need to add the subtotal or count to the report in a new report group.

    None of this will make a lot of sense unless you have some technical ability in very basic SQL and crystal report writing.

    If this doesn't help let me know and I may have a few minutes to do it for you and email you a report file.