How to Deactivate Inventory

Owned by Brendan Sweeney, created
Last updated: Mar 07, 2023
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When you enter a device’s detail screen, you’ll note that there is a “Deactivate” button next to the “Save” button. If a device needs to be removed because it was lost or because inventory counts have become inaccurate there are a couple of options: 

  1. You may create an event and deactivate the inventory this way, which will create a record of the items being deactivated at a specific time and for a specific purpose. This option allows you to add more data such as notes and individual statuses (lost, damaged, etc) to the inventory, which can be helpful from an audit perspective. The event types Stocking Order, Damaged, Missing, or Other could be useful for this purpose.

  2. You may find the device in your inventory, and click the “Deactivate” button. 

Note: Consider carefully before deactivating your inventory. Once a device is deactivated, it cannot be reactivated. Any inventory that needs to be reactivated will need to be added to your inventory again as new.

You may recreate a deactivated container. You must assign the pre-existing catalog ID to new a container, only IF there are NO Inventory Items currently associated with that catalog ID

Note: If you deactivate a container, you will also deactivate all contents held within the container.

 

 

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