{"id":3285,"date":"2014-05-15T21:56:21","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T01:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inflowinventory.com\/support\/article\/3285\/how-do-i-choosechange-my-product-type\/"},"modified":"2018-05-16T12:12:03","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T16:12:03","slug":"how-do-i-choosechange-my-product-type","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onpremise.inflowinventory.com\/support\/article\/38738410\/how-do-i-choosechange-my-product-type\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I choose\/change my product type in inFlow On-Premise?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Product types<\/em> in inFlow On-Premise tell the system whether your products have stock levels that need to be tracked (stocked-products), or if they are fees\/labour charges (services). These settings are <strong>permanent<\/strong> for each item upon saving for the first time, so it&#8217;s important to know what you&#8217;d like to set your products as. There are four types:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Stocked product: <\/strong>These will show exact quantities in each location and can be tracked in full.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Serialized product: <\/strong>These will also show exact quantities but are specifically for products with serial numbers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Non-stocked product: <\/strong>These types of products are things you would like to track but do not need to see quantities of (packing materials, boxes\/cartons, paper, etc)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Service: <\/strong>These products are services and do not have quantities or locations attached to them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>To select this information when creating a new product, simply:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the product record.<\/li>\n<li>Click the dropdown to the right of <em>Type<\/em> and select the correct product type.<\/li>\n<li>Click <em>Save.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h2>Changing product type<\/h2>\n<p>As mentioned above, after saving, the product type is locked and cannot be changed. If you have at least version 3.3.1 or later, we&#8217;ve included an easier way of changing the product type for you.\u00a0This involves automatically deactivating the old item, renaming it, and recreating a new product with the same name <strong>(with no previous order\/movement history)<\/strong>. You&#8217;ll see a warning when you try to change it, as below.<\/p>\n\n<p><div class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15722\" src=\"https:\/\/onpremise.inflowinventory.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/05\/38738410_1.png\" alt=\"38738410_1\" width=\"726\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onpremise.inflowinventory.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/05\/38738410_1.png 726w, https:\/\/onpremise.inflowinventory.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/05\/38738410_1-300x95.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have at least inFlow v3.3.1 installed, you&#8217;ll need to <strong>manually<\/strong> re-name the item, deactivate it, and then create a new product with the correct product type.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>To manually change product type:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Re-name your product to something else (if you&#8217;d like to re-use the product name on the new record). Otherwise if it&#8217;s going to have a different name, move on to the next step.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <em>Deactivate<\/em>\u00a0button at the toolbar on the top of the product record.<\/li>\n<li>Create a new product by clicking <em>New<\/em>, and then type in the item name and <strong>select the correct type before clicking <em>Save<\/em>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Product types in inFlow On-Premise tell the system whether your products have stock levels that need to be tracked (stocked-products), or if they are fees\/labour charges (services). These settings are permanent for each item upon saving for the first time, so it&#8217;s important to know what you&#8217;d like to set your products as. 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