In Designer mode

Let us create the catalog.

1. Open Designer and create a Catalog configuration object named Warehouses.
   
   The platform fills in the synonym automatically based on the name.
2. In the Object presentation field, type Warehouse.
   
   You do not have to fill the List presentation property because the platform will use the Warehouses synonym (fig. 3.65).
   
   
   Fig. 3.65. Specifying main catalog properties
   
   
3. Click the Subsystems tab.
   
   The configuration logic suggests that the list of warehouses should be available in the Services and Inventory sections since deliveries of materials and rendering of services are normally recorded for warehouses.
4. Select the Inventory and Services checkboxes (fig. 3.66).
   
   
   Fig. 3.66. Specifying subsystems where the catalog is available

Quick choice property

Let us fill in another Warehouses catalog property: Quick choice.

• • Click the Input fields tab and select the Quick choice checkbox (fig. 3.67).
    
    
    Fig. 3.67. Setting the Quick choice property
    
    By default, this checkbox is not selected and clicking a selection button in the field that references to a catalog item opens the catalog item choice form. It might not be user-friendly, especially when the catalog is not hierarchical and is known to include only a small number of items.
    
    The Quick choice property allows selecting items from a small drop-down list filled with items of this catalog instead of using a dedicated form (fig. 3.68).
    
    
    Fig. 3.68. Selecting a warehouse from a drop-down list
    
    This option is handy for the list of warehouses because this list will likely contain just a few items.
    
    You have not set the Quick choice property for the other catalogs. This is because Materials and services is a hierarchical catalog, and quick selection does not make sense for this catalog. The list of employees, and especially the list of customers, can be very large, and the drop-down list might require too much scrolling, which is inconvenient.

Predefined items

Let us create a predefined item.

1. Click the Other tab and then click the Predefined data button.
   
   This opens the list of predefined catalog items. At this point the list is empty.
2. Click the Add button and create a predefined item named Main (fig. 3.69).
   
   
   Fig. 3.69. Creating a predefined catalog item
   
   Note that in addition to the description the predefined catalog item has a name.
   
   In the future, when you start learning 1C:Enterprise language, you will be able to refer to this catalog item using the name that you assigned in Designer. While a predefined catalog item description can be edited by users, the name is not visible to users and therefore they cannot edit it.
   
   Before you start 1C:Enterprise, let us configure the application interface to streamline catalog item creation (make the standard warehouse creation command visible in the Inventory section).
3. In the configuration object tree, double-click the Inventory subsystem and then click the Command interface button.
   
   This opens the Command interface window, which lists all of the subsystem commands.
4. In the Actions panel.Create group, enable visibility for the Warehouse: create command.
   
   You can also see that the Navigation panel.Normal group contains the Warehouses command, which opens the list of warehouses. The command is visible by default (fig. 3.70).
   
   
   Fig. 3.70. Subsystem command interface settings window
   
   
5. Close the Warehouses catalog editor and start 1C:Enterprise in the debug mode.
6. Confirm that you want to update the configuration.
   
   The platform displays the window that lists the changes in the configuration structure (the new Warehouses catalog).
7. Click Accept (fig. 3.71).
   
   
   Fig. 3.71. List of changes in the configuration structure