How to change inventory item class or costing method

Note: For hands-on instruction on inventory costing methods, see Setting up and managing inventory training.

An item's class and costing method cannot be changed once saved. As a workaround:

1. Select Maintain, then Inventory Items.
2. Select the Item ID.
3. Check Inactive, then select Save.
4. Create new inventory item with the correct Item Class and slightly different Item ID.
5. Select Save.

Note: If the original item had any quantity on hand, perform inventory adjustments to move the quantity to the new item; see How to combine duplicate inventory items. If you would like to use the same ID you will need to use the Change ID button to rename the inactive item to "old" and then you will be able to reuse the ID for your new item, see How to change maintenance record IDs.