Set up storage locations

Storage locations tell Solmex where stock physically sits: a store, and the areas, racks, shelves and bins inside it. Every receipt goes into one, every issue comes out of one, and each part names one as its put-away location, so set them up before you receive anything.

#Before you start

• You need Warehouse: Manage to open Warehouse Settings and add, edit or archive a storage location. Anyone with Warehouse: View can still open a location's own page from its shelf label.
• Decide how detailed you want to be. Stock can sit at any level, so a single room store needs only one location. Add racks and bins only if you will actually count and pick by them.

#Open the layout

1. In the sidebar, open Warehouse > Warehouse Settings. You can also press Warehouse Settings at the top of the Stock Register. Both appear only with Warehouse: Manage.
2. Open the Warehouse Setup tab.

The tab shows one indented tree. Each row shows the location's code, its name, a "Used for" tag when it is not ordinary storage, and how many parts are recorded there, for example "3 here · 12 including inside".

#Add a store

1. Click + Add store.
2. Enter a Name, such as "Main Store".
3. Enter a Code, such as MAIN. The code is printed on the shelf label and used in the location's path.
4. Choose what it is Used for: Storage, Receiving, Quarantine or Scrap. Most locations are Storage.
5. Click Save.

#Add racks, shelves and bins inside it

1. On the store's row, click + Add inside.
2. Enter the Name (for example "Rack 4") and Code (for example R04), and choose Used for.
3. Click Save.

Repeat on the new row to go a level deeper. Locations go four levels deep: a store, and up to three levels inside it. The path of a bin reads like MAIN.R04.S2.B12, and pickers across the warehouse show the path together with the name.

#Edit, archive and restore

• Edit changes the name, the code or what the location is Used for. Changing a code also changes the path of everything inside it.
• Archive takes a location out of use. Everything inside it is archived with it. Archived locations are no longer offered when you receive, issue, count or choose a put-away location. A location cannot be archived while stock is recorded at it or anywhere inside it.
• Show archived lists the archived ones, and Restore brings one back together with everything inside it. A rack inside an archived store cannot be restored on its own: restore the store.

There is no way to move a location to a different parent. If a store was laid out wrongly, create the new layout, move the stock across with a stock transfer, then archive the old one.

#Labels and the location page

Click Print label on a row to print a shelf label. Its QR code opens that location's page, where anyone with Warehouse: View sees the Stored Parts at the location and inside it, with Print label to reprint. Click View on a row to open the same page.

A label printed before your store layout was rebuilt opens a page saying "This label was printed before the store layout was rebuilt". Reprint it from the Warehouse Setup tab.

#Troubleshooting