- 01 Oct 2022
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Locating Rule
- Updated on 01 Oct 2022
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Understanding Locating Rule
What is Locating Rule?
Locating Rule is essentially how the system will assign a product to a location for where it is to be placed. The most common is the Global rule which will be created during the onboarding stage of Canary7.
Accessing Locating Rule
Within the Navigation menu, click on the search bar and type "Locating Rule", and click on "Locating Rule". Locating Rule is also in Configuration, under Receiving Profile Setup > Locating Rule.
Add Location Rule
Click on the Red Action Button, this will bring up a drop-down menu, and select "Add"
Name your Location Rule
Click on the Submit Button to continue.
Adding Details
Within the details tab, click on the red action button and click on "add".
Select the Mandatory Fields
Select the Following:
- Locating Selection Creating a location selection
- Locating Methodwhich consists of 4 options
- Consolidate Item With Location That Already Contains Item
- Empty Location
- Permanent Location
- Location as per selection - gives the first location that shows on the Detail List.
Click on the Submit Button to continue.
The Order of Location Rule Detail
The location rule will go through each detail in the list from top to bottom, if the first rule isn't met, it will try to use the second rule and so on. To change the order right, click on the rule and select move up or move down, depending on what you need.