Stock settings and reservations

Stock Settings dialog

1. Open Stock Management (/dashboard/stock-management).
2. Click the Settings button to open the Stock Settings dialog.
3. Set the four fields:
   • Low stock threshold: the number at or below which a product is classified as low and appears under the Low filter. Alert only; never blocks sales.
   • Allow backorders: when enabled, selling continues after quantity reaches zero and backorders are recorded; by default selling stops at zero.
   • Hide out-of-stock products: hides zero-quantity items from the storefront.
   • Reservation duration: the stock reservation lease as a number plus unit (minute / hour / day / week / month).
4. Click Save.

Row-level policies

From any row actions menu set per-product policies: track stock, allow backorders, force out of stock, and minimum quantity. A product without stock tracking is never reserved or deducted.

Physical, reserved, available

• Physical: the on-hand warehouse balance.
• Reserved: quantities of orders created but not yet delivered.
• Available (sellable): physical minus reserved.

Reviewing reserving orders

On a row with reserved quantity open the reserved orders dialog to see the orders (20 per page) and their statuses: pending, paid, and shipped, with a link to each order.

Permissions

Staff accounts need the inventory permission: view for the list and export, edit for quantity changes, and create for import.