Add a storage location

Set up the places stock lives, such as a warehouse, a service truck, a staging shelf or a customer site, so every part can be counted and moved by location.

In the sidebar, open Inventory, then Storage Locations. The page address is /inventory/locations. The page heading reads Inventory Locations.

Before you start

• Add your main warehouse or shop first, then each truck. Trucks are locations too, which is what lets you move parts onto a van and count what is on it.
• Your role needs permission to create inventory locations. Otherwise Add location is missing.

Steps

1. Press Add location. A drawer opens.
2. Type a Name, such as "North warehouse" or "Van 3". It is the only required field.
3. Type a short Code if you label shelves and trucks, such as "WH-N".
4. Under Type, leave Warehouse or choose Truck, Staging, Customer site or Virtual.
5. Under Branch, search and pick the branch the location belongs to. Leave it empty for a location every branch shares; the list then shows Organization-wide.
6. To nest it, for example a shelf inside a warehouse, search under Parent location and pick the one above it. The parent has to be in the same branch, or in no branch.
7. Under Mobility, tick Mobile stock location for anything that moves, such as a truck. Choosing Truck as the type does not tick it for you.
8. Add Notes if it helps, for example which technician drives the truck.
9. Press Create location. The drawer closes and Nova shows "Inventory location created."

What you see

• The cards at the top count Total locations, Truck locations and Mobile stock points.
• The list shows Name, Type, Branch, Code, Parent, Status and Updated. Search with Search locations; Filters narrows by type, status, branch and mobility.
• Press a row to edit it, or use its menu: Edit and Deactivate. A deactivated location shows Reactivate instead.
• The edit drawer lets you add a photo or icon so the location is easy to spot in pickers.

If something looks different

• The list reads "No inventory locations yet. Create one to start organizing stock."
• Saving fails with a message that the parent "must belong to the selected branch": pick a parent in the same branch, or change the branch.
• Deactivate asks you to confirm. Past stock activity at the location stays on record.
• Nova refuses to deactivate with "Deactivate child inventory locations first": deactivate the shelves or bins nested under it first.
• Nova refuses with "Move or retire active assets before deactivating this location": serial-numbered units still sit there. Move them with Move stock between locations or retire them on Serial-Numbered Stock.

Open Storage locations