Inventory Tracking Setup

Prerequisites

Setting Up the Inventory Tracking Feature

  1. Access FieldFX Back Office

  2. Switch to Salesforce Classic

  3. Configure the FX Settings:

    1. From Setup, enter "custom setting" in the Quick Find box, then select Custom Settings

    2. Click Manage next to FX Settings

    3. Click Edit

    4. Select EnableInventoryTracking

    5. Click Save

  4. Add the Catalog Track Inventory checkbox to the Price Book Item object:

    1. From Setup, enter "object" in the Quick Find box, then select Objects

    2. Click Price Book Item

    3. Under Custom Fields & Relationships, click New

    4. Select Formula

    5. Click Next

    6. In Field Label, enter "Catalog Track Inventory"

    7. Under Formula Return Type, select Checkbox

    8. Click Next

    9. In Catalog Track Inventory (checkbox), enter the following formula:

      FX5__Catalog_Item__r.FX5__Track_Inventory__c
    10. Click Next

    11. Click Visible twice

    12. Click Next

    13. Select the page layouts on which to include the checkbox

    14. Click Save

    15. Grant permissions for the checkbox

  5. Configure catalog items:

    1. Open the Catalog Items tab

    2. Open a catalog item

      You cannot use the Inventory Tracking feature for Labor catalog items

    3. Click Edit

    4. Select Track Inventory

    5. Click Save

    6. Repeat steps b to e for other catalog items as needed

  6. Grant permission to manage warehouses and warehouse items:

    1. From Setup, enter "permissions" in the Quick Find box, then select Permission Sets

    2. Open a permission set

    3. Under Apps, click Object Settings

    4. Click Warehouses

    5. Click Edit

    6. Under Object Permissions, select Read, Create, and Edit

    7. Under Field Permissions, select Read and Edit for every field

    8. Click Save

    9. At the top of the page, click the arrow next to Warehouses and select Warehouse Items

    10. Click Edit

    11. Under Object Permissions, select Read, Create, and Edit

    12. Under Field Permissions, select Read and Edit for every field

    13. Click Save

    14. Repeat steps a to m for other permission sets as needed

  7. Grant permission to select warehouses and warehouse items:

    1. From Setup, enter "permissions" in the Quick Find box, then select Permission Sets.

    2. Open a permission set

    3. Under Apps, click Object Settings

    4. Click Warehouses

    5. Click Edit

    6. Under Object Permissions, select Read

    7. Under Field Permissions, select Read for every field

    8. Click Save

    9. At the top of the page, click the arrow next to Warehouses and select Warehouse Items

    10. Click Edit

    11. Under Object Permissions, select Read

    12. Under Field Permissions, select Read for every field

    13. Click Save

    14. Repeat steps a to m for other permission sets as needed

  8. Add warehouses

  9. Add warehouse items