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To add an item processed by subcontractor, click the Add or Pick button (refer to Using the pick operation). In the Item column, select an item from the Items list. For more details, refer to Items. Alternatively, you can import the list of items with all the details from an Excel document. For this, click the 
button on the table toolbar and follow the step-by-step instructions in the appeared window.
The Characteristic column is available if the Enable Item Characteristics option is selected on the Administration > Settings > Purchasing and Warehouses form. In this column, you can specify additional properties (such as size, color, and so forth) of each listed item if the Use Characteristics option is selected for the item in its master record (see Items).
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