1 Warehouse and Material Management

Warehouse Management

Warehouses organize materials. On the "Warehouse Management" page you can search, create and open warehouse details; cards summarize material count and total stock, and the detail page lists materials plus the last 7 days of operation statistics.

Administrators can also edit and delete warehouses. Deletion is refused while the warehouse still holds materials — move or delete them first, then delete the warehouse.

Planning advice: divide warehouses by physical location or business type (raw materials, spare parts, R&D samples), then refine lookups with custom attributes like "storage location" — a small set of warehouses with flexible retrieval.

Material List and Custom Attributes

The "Material Management" page shows materials across all warehouses, filterable by warehouse, searchable by name and sortable by column. Create and edit materials, add multiple custom attributes, and choose which ones appear in the list.

Copy and Paste

The material list supports copying via the context menu and pasting to create a new material — handy for batches of similar specs. After pasting, check the name, warehouse and attributes to avoid duplicates.

Enable and Disable

Administrators can disable a material. Disabled materials stay in the system but drop out of warehouse default alert checks. For materials temporarily out of use, prefer disabling over deleting.

Deleting Materials

Administrators can delete a material; its historical operation records are deleted with it, unrecoverable. For materials with inbound/outbound history, disable rather than delete.

Bulk Import

Administrators click "Import Materials" in warehouse details to import .csv, .xls or .xlsx files (first worksheet). The first row is the header: "name" and "quantity" are required, "status" and "created" are reserved, and every other column becomes a custom attribute. Duplicates are detected and the administrator chooses to keep the current material or overwrite it with the CSV data.

Exporting Materials

"Export Materials" in warehouse details exports the warehouse to CSV — name, quantity, status, creation time and all custom attribute columns — useful for backup, handover or offline editing.

Bulk Selection and Clearing

Administrators can turn on checkboxes, select materials and use "Clear Selected" for bulk deletion; "Clear Materials" deletes every material in the warehouse together with its operation records, unrecoverably. Export or back up first.