Deactivating a Sublocation

When a sublocation is deactivated, no operations can be done on it, whether an inventory operation or otherwise, and this sublocation should not show up in any lists except on the Manage Locations page. Deactivating a sublocation is recommended as an alternative to deleting the sublocation. An inactive sublocation may be reactivated at any time.

Note: You are able to deactivate the sublocation as an alternative to removing it from the system.

Important: When a sublocation contains inventory, it cannot be deactivated. The inventory at this location must be moved to another location or deleted.

How to Mark a Sublocation as Inactive

A sublocation is deactivated at the Manage Locations page.

  1. Select Manage > Locations to reach the Manage Locations page.

  1. In the Mange Locations page grid, click the Expand icon to the left of the location that contains the sublocations; the Sublocations nested grid appears.Expand icon
  2. Select the Deactivate icon for the sublocation that you want to inactivate.
  3. A prompt appears: Deactivate Location?.
    1. Select OK to close the prompt and deactivate the location:
      1. When a sublocation does not contain any inventory, the prompt closes, you are returned to the Sublocations nested grid, the sublocation is deactivated: it does not appear in the grid by default.
      2. When a sublocation contains inventory, the following prompt appears: “This location or one of its children have inventory and cannot be deactivated. Please move the inventory to a different location or delete the inventory and retry.” Select OK to close this prompt. You are returned to the Manage Locations page. The sublocation remains active.
        1. If you want to deactivate this sublocation, you must move the inventory to another location via an inventory mass move or you must purge the inventory for this site and then perform steps 1-4 again.
      3. Select Cancel at this prompt to cancel deactivating this sublocation. The prompt closes and you are returned to the Manage Locations page. The sublocation remains active.
      4. To view inactive sublocations, mark the Show Inactive Locations checkbox at the bottom of the Manage Locations page.

Reactivating a Sublocation

To reactivate a sublocation, see "Reactivating a Sublocation".