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| 1 | +========= |
| 2 | +Locations |
| 3 | +========= |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +A *location* is a specific space within a warehouse. This can be a shelf, room, aisle, etc. There |
| 6 | +are three types of locations in Odoo: |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +- *Physical locations* are spaces within a warehouse owned by the user's company. These can be a an |
| 9 | + area where items are stored like an aisle or shelf, or an area where operations take place, like |
| 10 | + loading and unloading bays. |
| 11 | +- *Partner locations* are the same as physical locations except that they exist within the warehouse |
| 12 | + of a customer or vendor. |
| 13 | +- *Virtual locations* are locations that do not exist physically, but where items that are not in |
| 14 | + inventory can be placed. These can be items that have not yet entered inventory, like products |
| 15 | + that are on the way to a warehouse, or items that are no longer in inventory due to loss or other |
| 16 | + factors. |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +.. important:: |
| 19 | + In order to use locations, the :guilabel:`Storage Locations` setting must be enabled. To do so, |
| 20 | + navigate to :menuselection:`Inventory --> Configuration --> Settings`, scroll down to the |
| 21 | + :guilabel:`Warehouse` heading, and enable the :guilabel:`Storage Locations` checkbox. |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +Create a new location inside a warehouse |
| 24 | +======================================== |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +Starting from the :menuselection:`Inventory` app, select :menuselection:`Configuration --> Locations |
| 27 | +--> Create`. The new location form can then be configured as follows: |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +- :guilabel:`Location Name`: the name that will be used to reference the location |
| 30 | +- :guilabel:`Parent Location`: the location or warehouse that the new location exists within |
| 31 | +- :guilabel:`Location Type`: choose the category that the location belongs to |
| 32 | +- :guilabel:`Company`: the company that owns the warehouse that the location is inside of |
| 33 | +- :guilabel:`Is a Scrap Location?`: check this box to allow for scrapped/damaged goods to be stored |
| 34 | + in this location |
| 35 | +- :guilabel:`Is a Return Location?`: check this box to allow products to be returned to this |
| 36 | + location |
| 37 | +- :guilabel:`Barcode`: the barcode number assigned to the location |
| 38 | +- :guilabel:`Removal Strategy`: the :ref:`strategy <inventory/routes/strategies/removal>` for how |
| 39 | + items should be taken from inventory |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +.. image:: use_locations/new-location-form.png |
| 42 | + :align: center |
| 43 | + :alt: The form for creating a new location. |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +Create location hierarchies |
| 46 | +=========================== |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +The *Parent Location* setting on the new location form allows for a location to exist within a |
| 49 | +warehouse or another location. Every location can serve as a parent location, and every parent |
| 50 | +location can have multiple locations within it, allowing for the creation of a virtually infinite |
| 51 | +hierarchical structure. |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +.. example:: |
| 54 | + Location hierarchy could be organized so that a shelf is located within an aisle, which is |
| 55 | + located within a room, which is located within the overall warehouse. |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +To create the location hierarchy in the example above, set the warehouse as the parent of the room, |
| 58 | +the room as the parent of the aisle, and the aisle as the parent of the shelf. This can be adapted |
| 59 | +to a hierarchy of any magnitude. |
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