The General details page within the ingredient form displays various information relevant to the selected ingredient. It is from this page you are able to edit the following aspects of a particular ingredient:
•Ingredient name
•Purchase quantities
•Usage quantities
•Stock code
•Assignment to categories
•Assignment to suppliers
•Mark as complete or incomplete
•A brief description of the ingredient
To edit these details simply insert any relevant changes to the fields above and save the changes made. You can save any changes you have made by using one of the following methods:
•Click on the 
toolbar button or
•Select Record->Save from the menu bar or
•Hit the F9 shortcut key.
If you have Autosave enabled, any changes made will be automatically saved when you exit the ingredient form.
The Last modified box displays the date and time of the last saved changes made to the ingredient.
To create a new ingredient see the topic on creating a new ingredient.
Name of the ingredient
You can enter or edit the name of your ingredient in this section. Whatever you name the ingredient here will appear wherever the ingredient is used within the program.
NOTE: Resort Bistro does not allow two ingredients to have the same name within a database. If you try and save a duplicated ingredient an error message will be displayed.
Default Settings
The default settings group box is where you can change your usage and purchase quantities for the selected ingredient. It is recommended that you choose these units carefully. We suggest that you try and keep ingredient units as close to a standard unit of measure as you can, for example ounces, pounds, kilograms, grams, etc. By using standard units of measure, you cut down the calculation time for the program when loading recipes and menus as there are less unit conversions to calculate.
The default settings are:- Minimum purchase quantity 1 kilogram
Usage Units gram
Yield 100
NOTE: These default units can be altered in the File Preferences Dialog.
See the following image.
Categories
Check the box indicating the category or categories for the new ingredient.
Suppliers
Check the box indicating the supplier or suppliers for the new ingredient.
See the following image.
Marking an ingredient as incomplete
Should you wish to create an ingredient on the fly, without filling in all the details such as supplier and category assignments, you can mark the ingredient as incomplete. This allows you to use the ingredient, even if all the details aren't filled in. At a later date you can search for all incomplete ingredients and go back to complete them. To mark an ingredient as incomplete, simply check the incomplete check box.
To produce a list of incomplete ingredients see the topic on the incomplete ingredient report. You can also use the Ingredient Filter Dialog to list all incomplete ingredients in the Ingredient Browser pane.
