Manage Inventory Items in Liqnic Admin

In this guide, you’ll learn how to manage inventory items in the Liqnic Admin.

Note: This guide covers managing inventory items in the Inventory domain. You can alternatively manage the inventory of a product’s variants from the product’s details page.

Create Inventory Item

To create an inventory item:

1. Go to the Inventory page from the sidebar.
2. Click on the Create button in the main section’s header.
3. The form that opens has two steps:

Details Step

• Enter the inventory item’s title and SKU in their respective fields.
• Optionally enter a description.
• If the inventory item shouldn’t be shipped when its variant is purchased, toggle off the “Requires shipping” option. This is useful for digital inventory.
• Optionally add the inventory item’s attributes, including width, length, height, weight, MID code, HS code, country of origin, and material.
• Once you’re done, click the Next button.

Availability Step (Bulk Editor)

• If you have locations in your store, you can specify the inventory item’s quantity in each location.
• Once you’re done, click the Save button.

View Inventory Item Details

To view an inventory item’s details:

1. Go to the Inventory page from the sidebar.
2. Click on the inventory item you want to view.

Edit Inventory Item Details

To edit an inventory item’s details:

1. Go to the inventory item’s details page.
2. Click the icon in the first section’s header.
3. Choose “Edit” from the dropdown.
4. In the side window, edit the inventory’s title and SKU.
5. Click the Save button.

Edit Inventory Item Attributes

To edit attributes such as height and weight:

1. Go to the inventory item’s details page.
2. Click the icon in the “Attributes” section’s header.
3. Choose “Edit” from the dropdown.
4. In the side window, edit the inventory item’s height, width, length, weight, MID code, HS code, and country of origin.
5. Click the Save button.

Edit Inventory Item Metadata

Metadata is custom key-value data associated with the inventory item.

To edit:

1. Go to the inventory item’s details page.
2. Click the icon in the “Metadata” section.
3. In the side window, manage the key-value pairs:
   • To add a new row, hover over a row and click the icon, then choose “Insert row above” or “Insert row below”.
   • To delete a row, click the icon at its end and choose “Delete row”.
4. Click the Save button.

Manage Inventory Item’s Availability

You can manage the locations, quantities, and reservations of an inventory item.

Manage Locations Availability

1. Go to the inventory item’s details page.
2. Click the “Manage locations” button in the “Locations” section’s header.
3. In the side window, check or uncheck the locations the item is available in.
4. Click the Save button.

Manage Quantity Availability

1. Go to the inventory item’s details page.
2. In the “Locations” section, find the location to edit and click the icon at its end.
3. Choose “Edit” from the dropdown.
4. In the side window, edit the in-stock quantity.
5. Click the Save button.

Manage Inventory Item’s Reservations

Reservations ensure the required quantity is available when an order is fulfilled.

You can manage reservations from the Reservations page or directly from an inventory item’s details.

Create Reservation

1. Go to the inventory item’s details page.
2. In the “Reservations” section, click the “Create” button.
3. In the form:
   • Choose the Location.
   • Enter the Quantity to reserve.
   • Optionally specify a description.
4. Click the Create button.

Edit Reservation

1. Go to the inventory item’s details page.
2. In the “Reservations” section, find the reservation and click the icon.
3. Choose “Edit” from the dropdown.
4. Edit the reservation’s location, quantity, and description.
5. Click the Save button.

Delete Reservation

Warning: Deleting a reservation is irreversible. If the reservation was created for an order, you may need to allocate the item again.

1. Go to the inventory item’s details page.
2. In the “Reservations” section, find the reservation and click the icon.
3. Choose “Delete” from the dropdown.
4. Confirm by clicking the Delete button.

Delete Inventory Item

Warning: Deleting an inventory item is irreversible and may affect associated variant(s) inventory.

1. Go to the Inventory page from the sidebar.
2. Find the inventory item and click the icon in its row.
3. Choose “Delete” from the dropdown.
4. Confirm by clicking the Delete button.