Moving a Container

Note: In order to perform a container move, the role of the logged-in user must contain access to the Inventory Container Move feature.

Containers may be moved within a division at the Container Move page. A container may be moved into another container or into a physical location. When you move a container, the parent location of the container is changed and the inventory remains in the container. To move a container into a new parent location, please refer to the steps that follow.

  1. Select Inventory > Move > Container Move from the navigation pane.

  2. The Container Move page appears.

    Container Move page

  3. Job/Ref # field: Enter a transaction reference code for the move in the Job/Ref# field (optional). The reference code is not defined by the application: it is a user-created, optional entry.
  4. In the From (Source) portion of the page, the default site of the logged-in user is automatically placed in the Site field. If you have access to more than one site, and want to move this item between sites, in the From (Source) section of the page, click the drop-down arrow in the Site field and select the site from the list that appears.
  5. In the From (Source) section of the page, click the drop-down arrow in the Container field and select the container to move.
    1. You are able to move all the inventory in this container to a new container, to an existing container, or to a physical location.
  6. In the To (Destination) section of the page, the default site of the logged-in user is automatically placed in the Site field. If you have access to more than one site, and want to move this container between sites, in the To (Destination) section of the page, click the drop-down arrow in the Site field and select the site from the list that appears.
  7. Destination Location: The Location field contains a container control. It allows you to add a new container and to filter your location list (see "Container Control" for more information).
    1. To move the container to an existing container: click the drop-down arrow in the Location field and select the container from the list that appears. (Make sure that your location view is set to view containers: click the Filter icon to view your location list settings. In order to view containers, it must be set for All or for Containers.)
    2. To move the container to a physical location: click the drop-down arrow in the Location field and select the location from the list that appears. (Make sure that your location view is set to view locations: click the Filter icon to view your location list settings. In order to view locations, it must be set for All or for Containers.)
    3. To add a new container and move the container into it: click the Add icon in the Location field.
      1. The Add Container form appears.
      2. Add the Container via this form and click the Save icon to save it to the system.
      3. Click the drop-down arrow in the Location field and select this container. (Make sure that your location view is set to view containers: click the Filter icon to view your location list settings. In order to view containers it must be set to All or to Containers.)
  8. Select the Save icon. The source container and any inventory in it is moved to the new container or physical location.