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title: "Location Selection"
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description: "Why are Location Selections important, and how to create a Location Selection? Step by Step guides containing all the information that you need to know to help you understand Canary7"
updated: 2025-08-05T10:04:17Z
published: 2025-08-05T10:04:17Z
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# Location Selection

## Understanding Location Selection

### What is Location Selection?

**Location Selection** allows users to delineate between certain locations based on their functionality within Canary7. For example: We can create location selections for **All Inventory Locations, Pickable Inventory Locations, Bulk Inventory Location, Returns Inventory Locations, Fast-moving Pickface Locations etc.**

By categorising locations in this way, users can apply targeted operational logic to optimise warehouse workflows.

**Common Use Cases**:

#### 🧮 **1. Allocation Rules**

Use Location Selections to restrict where inventory can be allocated from. For example:

- Only allocate from locations marked as **Pickable Inventory**.
- Exclude **Bulk Inventory** or **Returns** from sales order fulfilment.

#### 📦 **2. Picking Job Creation**

Target specific zones or types of stock for picking jobs:

- Create picking jobs that pull from **Fast-Moving Aisles** only.
- Separate **B2B** and **B2C** picking based on storage strategy.

#### 🔄 **3. Replenishment Rules**

Configure rules that replenish from **Bulk Inventory** to **Pick Face** based on predefined selections:

- Replenish only from zones flagged as **Bulk Storage**.
- Trigger replenishment for pick locations part of a **Pickable Inventory** selection.

#### 📋 **4. Cycle Counting**

Automate and prioritise cycle counts by location group:

- Run weekly cycle counts in **High Risk** or **High Velocity** zones.
- Schedule counts for **Returns Inventory** to confirm quality control.

#### **Available Criteria for Location Selections:**

- **Location**: Select specific locations using their unique identifiers (e.g., Location Code).
- **Warehouse**: Filter locations based on the warehouse to which they belong, particularly useful for multi-warehouse environments.
- **Location Type**: Classify locations by type (e.g., Pick, Bulk, Staging, or Returns), allowing for targeted selection based on function.
- **Locating Zone**: Define location selections by zone (e.g., Ground Level, Upper Storage), helping to separate locations by physical storage areas.
- **Allocation Zone**: Choose locations based on their assigned allocation zone, which determines how items are allocated within the warehouse.
- **Work Zone**: Filter locations by their work zone, such as areas used specifically for picking, packing, or staging.
- **Location Code**: Use specific location codes to narrow down the selection of locations, especially when dealing with highly granular warehouse configurations.
- **Location Template**: Target locations based on a predefined template for consistent location setup across the warehouse.
- **Location Template 1 (2, 3, 4, 5)**: Select locations based on additional template fields (e.g., Template 1, Template 2, etc.) to refine selections further, enabling a more customized location strategy.
- **Location Pick Sequence**: Allows the targetting of specific Pick Walk Sequences.

### Accessing Location Selection

To access **Location Selection**:

- Open the **Navigation menu**, type **Location Selection** into the search bar, and select it.
- Alternatively, navigate via: `Configuration > Functional Area Setup > Inventory Control Setup > Location Selection`.

## Adding a Location Selection

Click on the Red Action Button![red action button](https://cdn.document360.io/4ed7d884-d42a-4c7e-a949-08033b57dc86/Images/Documentation/red%20action%20button.png), this will bring up a drop-down menu, and select "Add"

![add uom](https://cdn.document360.io/4ed7d884-d42a-4c7e-a949-08033b57dc86/Images/Documentation/image-1664033249991.png)

### Complete the General Tab

![general tab(1)](https://cdn.document360.io/4ed7d884-d42a-4c7e-a949-08033b57dc86/Images/Documentation/general%20tab(1).png)

1. Enter a descriptive **Name** for your Location Selection.
2. Choose the relevant options in **Select where from** to specify the scope - Choose between Inventory or Location

### Complete the Where Tab

Use this tab to define conditions for the locations to include. For example, selecting locations with *Crane 3* AND of *High Bay Pallet* type.

![where tab 1](https://cdn.document360.io/4ed7d884-d42a-4c7e-a949-08033b57dc86/Images/Documentation/where%20tab%201.png)

Add each condition and click the **Submit** button beside it (not the submit at the page bottom).

![where tab 2](https://cdn.document360.io/4ed7d884-d42a-4c7e-a949-08033b57dc86/Images/Documentation/where%20tab%202.png)

- When multiple conditions exist, combine them with logic operators:
  - **AND** (all must be true)
  - **OR** (any can be true)
  - **NOT** (exclude specific conditions)
- This lets you build precise and flexible selection rules.

### Complete the Order Tab

![Order by tab](https://cdn.document360.io/4ed7d884-d42a-4c7e-a949-08033b57dc86/Images/Documentation/Order%20by%20tab.png)

- Determine how the selected locations are sorted when the selection is used.
- Drag fields from the left box to the right box in the desired order to prioritise or group locations logically.
- Multiple sorting fields can be used to fine-tune the order.

Once you have selected and entered the required fields, click on the submit button![submit button(1)](https://cdn.document360.io/4ed7d884-d42a-4c7e-a949-08033b57dc86/Images/Documentation/submit%20button(1).png) to add.