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Product settings

Stop products with no stock on hand being added to jobs, on mobile, desktop or both.

Overview

Product Settings decide whether a tracked product must be in stock before someone can add it to a job. You set this separately for the mobile app and for the Scheduler. Products that are not tracked are never blocked.

The Product Settings page, with switches for Ensure Products are in stock on Mobile and on Desktop

The settings

SettingWhat it doesDefault
Ensure Products are in stock - Mobile
On or off
Ensures mobile users aren't able to add products that don't have an On Hand quantity to jobs. This will not effect non-tracked products.Off
Ensure Products are in stock - Desktop
On or off
Ensures desktop users aren't able to add products that don't have an On Hand quantity to jobs. This will not effect non-tracked products.Off

What changes in the apps

  • Ensure Products are in stock - Mobile stops team members adding a tracked product with no on-hand quantity to a job in the mobile app.
  • Ensure Products are in stock - Desktop does the same when products are added to a job in the Scheduler.
Step by step: require stock on hand
  1. Click Settings in the header.
  2. Click Products under Feature.
  3. Click the switch beside Ensure Products are in stock - Mobile, Ensure Products are in stock - Desktop, or both.

Each switch saves as soon as you click it, and Smartworks shows Field updated.

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