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title: Adding Existing Line Items
description: "**Objective**: In this video and/or step by step walkthrough, you'll learn how to add an existing line item into one of your assemblies out of the assembly manager [https://vectortakeostg.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Adding-Existing-Line-Items.mp4](https://vectortakeostg.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Adding-Existing-Line-Items.mp4) #### Add Existing Line Item To add a line item into…"
url: "https://vectortakeoff.com/support/knowledgebase/adding-existing-line-items/"
updated: "2022-03-29"
category: Assembly Manager
tags:
  - assemblies
  - line item
  - line items
---

# Adding Existing Line Items

**Objective**: In this video and/or step by step walkthrough, you'll learn how to add an existing line item into one of your assemblies out of the assembly manager

      [https://vectortakeostg.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Adding-Existing-Line-Items.mp4](https://vectortakeostg.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Adding-Existing-Line-Items.mp4)

#### Add Existing Line Item

To add a line item into one of your assemblies from the **Assembly Manager** left click on an assembly that you wish to add it to

You can also click the **Expand** button in the upper, right-hand corner

![](https://vectortakeostg.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot_12-e1647367266261.jpg)

#### Assembly Line Items Window

This opens the **Assembly Line Items** window that lists the **Line Items** currently inside of the selected assembly

If no items have ever been added to this assembly as message will be displayed

![](https://vectortakeostg.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot_13-e1647367444749.jpg)

#### Add Existing Assembly Line Item

Left click on the **Add Existing** button

 

![](https://vectortakeostg.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot_14-1-e1647367784909.jpg)

This opens up a pop up window that lists all of the items that have been created previously and are stored in your line item database

![](https://vectortakeostg.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot_15-1-e1647367956803.jpg)

To help narrow down your search, from this window you can filter the list and search by **Description, Category or Source Quantity**

In the **Description** box, begin typing your phrase and available items will populate in the list

![](https://vectortakeostg.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot_16.jpg)

#### Moving from Available to Added Items Column

Left click on the item and it will move from the **Available Items** to the **Added Items section**

Left click on the item again in the **added items** section to de-select it and send it back to the **available items** section

![](https://vectortakeostg.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot_17-1-e1647368408759.jpg)

#### Search by Category or Group

Left click and type a search phrase into the **Category** box

For this example, we have typed in **Drywall** and all available items in the category drywall will be listed

![](https://vectortakeostg.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot_18-1-e1647368679241.jpg)

#### Filter by Source Quantity

You can further filter by**Source Quantity** by clicking the drop-down arrow and selecting from available options

In this example we selected **Length**. Now, the line items that are in the **category drywall**and **have a quantity of length** are displayed

![](https://vectortakeostg.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot_19-1-e1647368937498.jpg)

#### Select All & Deselect All

To move the entire list of filtered items from the **available section** to **added section**, left click on the **Select All arrow** at the bottom of the module

To **deselect**, click the arrow again

![](https://vectortakeostg.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot_20-1-e1647369225127.jpg)

To close the module without saving changes click the **X** in the upper, right-hand of the module or click **Cancel**

To add these items, click **Add** at the bottom of the screen

![](https://vectortakeostg.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot_21-1-e1647369438424.jpg)

#### Assembly Manager

When you return to your **Assembly Manager** you will see all selected items have been added

![](https://vectortakeostg.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot_22-1-e1647369575632.jpg)