Wipe Out Files

Wipe Out Files

Wiping out files clears out the information in the specified group of files. 

*** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING *** 

Wiping out these groups of files physically removes ALL the data from the files. Once this has been done, THE INFORMATION CANNOT BE RETRIEVED ! 

Please pay attention to the above warning. If you wipe out your files accidentally there is nothing you can do to retrieve the information. Unique has several built in safeguards to make sure you don't accidentally delete information, but once you tell Unique to go ahead and do it, the information is gone. 

When you select one of the groups of files to wipe out, Unique beeps at you, displays a warning message telling you that what you are about to do is permanent and flashes ***WARNING *** on the screen.  

If you are sure you want to wipe out the group of files, type the letters YES and press the ENTER key. If you type anything else in, Unique will ignore the request. 

To select groups of files to wipe out: 

Select Files/Wipe Out from the Maintenance menu. You are presented with a list of the different groups of files to wipe out.  

The following is a list of the different groups of files and what Unique does when it wipes them out. 

Inventory                 Wipe out the inventory file, the inventory received file and the inventory sales file. 

Employee                Wipe out the employee file. 

Client                        Wipe out the client file and the client Service, Retail, and the Miscellaneous service files. 

General Ledger         Wipe out the checking account files and reset the account balance to zero. Resort the ledger account codes file. 

Accounts Payable        Wipe out the Accounts Payable file, the A/P invoice file, and the A/P history file. Resets the starting invoice number to 10000 and the starting account                        number to 1. 

Accounts                Wipe out the Accounts Receivable file, the  

Receivable                A/R invoice file, and the A/R history file. Resets the starting invoice number to 10000 and the starting account number to 1. 

Purchase Orders         Wipes out all the purchase orders. 

Payroll                Wipe out the payroll history file. Replaces the year-to-date totals with the starting payroll amounts for each employee, and resets all the payroll totals                        to zero. 

Daily Sales                Wipe out the daily sales files. 

Period Sales                Wipe out the period sales file, the sales tax file and the gift certificate file. The next sales slip number is reset to 1. 

Appointment                Wipe out the appointment book. 

Rolodex                Wipe out the rolodex.  

Day Spa Files         Wipe out the Day Spa file. 

Wipe Out All Files        Clears out the information in the specified group of files.