Inventory Count (IC)

The Inventory Count (IC) list import contains all products to be counted. eManager imports the Inventory Count (IC) list from the WMS/ERP system to generate inventory count tasks and task groups in eManager.

Tasks and task groups

Inventory count task groups are managed by Super Users on the "Inventory" page in eManager. Task groups created from Inventory Count (IC) list imports must be transferred from eManager to AutoStore by Super Users and the inventory count must be performed by AutoStore operators. Task groups created manually follow the same process.

To perform an inventory count task for a given product in a specific location, specify the location in the inventory count list. If no location is specified, an inventory count task will be created for all locations containing the given product.

Note: It is recommended to use the default setting of maximum 50 tasks per task group. For inventory lists containing more than 50 tasks, eManager creates multiple task groups.

Data structure

The table below describes the Inventory Count (IC) data structure.

Field name	Type	Length	Mandatory	Description
ReferenceName	String	100	No	Name of the inventory count list. It can be used as an external reference, binding multiple inventory count lists together into a single inventory.
ExtProductId	String	50	Yes	Product number (SKU number). All locations/stock items with this product will be inventoried unless an ExtLocationId code is specified. Products without any balance will be ignored.
ExtLocationId	String	50	No	Name of a location (e.g. AS-124500-01). Only a single location may be specified for each product. This field must be used in combination with an ExtProductId. If the location does not contain any SKUs with the specified ExtProductId no inventory will be performed.

Transport

The API reference contains more details about how to send a IC using HTTP transport: ImportInventoryCount.

Examples

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ImportOperation xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<Lines>
    <InventoryLine>
        <ReferenceName>Test - 001 XML</ReferenceName>
        <ExtProductId>PRD-AA-0125747</ExtProductId>
        <ExtLocationId>AS-12345-02-02</ExtLocationId>
    </InventoryLine>
    <InventoryLine>
        <ReferenceName>Test - 001 XML</ReferenceName>
        <ExtProductId>PRD-AB-5747</ExtProductId>
        <ExtLocationId>AS-98765-01-01</ExtLocationId>
    </InventoryLine>
  </Lines>
</ImportOperation>