Stock Central Features

Updated 5 months ago

Stock Central has a number of features, including Screen Options, Help, Export Data, Search Feature, and Bulk Actions.

Screen Options

To access the Screen Options, go to the Stock Central and click Screen Options.

The Screen Options allow you to enable or remove the columns displayed on the Stock Central page, as well as manage the number of items displayed per page.

To make the column appear on the Stock Central page, select the checkbox next to the column, and then click Apply.

To remove a column from appearing on the Stock Central page, remove the checkbox next to the column, and then click Apply.

To change the number of items displayed per page, enter an amount in the Products per page field, and click Apply.

Help

To access the help content, click Help at the top of the screen.

The help content contains the following sections:

Product Details: Definitions for all the columns which appear in the Product Details section.
Stock Counters: Definitions for all the columns which appear in the Stock Counters section.
Stock Negatives: Definitions for all the columns which appear in the Stock Negatives section.
Stock Selling Manager: Definitions for all the columns which appear in the Stock Selling section.
Visit our Website for More: A link to the Stock Management Labs website.
Read the Docs: A link to the plugin Documentation.
Watch our Videos: A link to our Youtube channel.
Get Support: A link to our Support Forum.

Export Data

The Export Data feature allows you to export selected data from Stock Central as a pre-formatted .pdf file.

To export data as a .pdf:

From Stock Central, click Export Data.

In the Columns section, enable the columns you want to be included in the export.

Use the Product Type menu if you want to only include a specific product type.

Use the Product Category menu if you want to only include a specific product category.

Enter the maximum width of the product names displayed in the report in the Title Max Length field.

This feature truncates long product names. Select the Disable checkbox if you do not want to set a maximum width.

Click Export.

If you have a variable product, the different variables will display in different colors.

Search feature

You can use the search feature to search for any products within Stock Central.

To search for products:

Select the column you want to search in the dropdown.

Enter the product name, SKU, or product ID. All products containing the search text automatically appear.

If you want results to only appear after you press Search, you can turn off auto-search by going to Settings > General and then disabling the Enable Filter Autosearch option. Click Update Settings to activate the changes.

Sticky Header & Columns

You can enable the sticky header by clicking on the Toggle Sticky Header Icon at the top right of the table.

You can enable the sticky columns by clicking on the Toggle Sticky Columns Icon at the top right of the table.

Stock Central Views

All: By selecting this view, all the products will be displayed.
In Stock: If the stock of the products is greater than one, they will be shown in Stock Central.
Out of Stock: If the stock of the products is less than one, they will be shown in Stock Central.
On Back Order: By selecting this view, if the product stock is Out of Stock, and it has Backorders allowed, it will be displayed.
Restock Status: The system uses this formula to display the products on Restock Status within Stock Central: The average sales per day for the last week * Days to reorder. We calculate the average sales by adding the sales of the product of the last week and dividing by 7.

Note that if ‘Unmanaged Product Counters’ is disabled, an additional view will be displayed in Stock Central: Unmanaged by WC. By clicking on this view, you will see the products that are not managed by Woocommerce.

if ‘Unmanaged Product Counters’ is enabled, the ‘Unmanaged by WC’ view will disappear, but every view will have 2 numbers inside the parenthesis: the left one indicates Managed by WC stock and the right one Unmanaged WC stock.

Bulk Actions

You can change the Stock Manager (WooCommerce or ATUM) for each product with bulk actions. To apply bulk actions:

Select the products you wish.
Select the action in the Bulk Actions dropdown.

Available bulk actions (Controlled List):

Enable WC's Manage Stock: To enable the WooCommerce Manage Stock option in selected products.
Disable WC's Manage Stock: To disable the WooCommerce Manage Stock option in selected products.
Disable ATUM's Stock Control: To disable the ATUM's Stock Control option in selected products. These products will go to the Uncontrolled List.

Available bulk actions (Uncontrolled List):

Enable WC's Manage Stock: To enable the WooCommerce Manage Stock option in selected products.
Disable WC's Manage Stock: To disable the WooCommerce Manage Stock option in selected products.
Enable ATUM's Stock Control: To Enable the ATUM's Stock Control option in selected products. These products will go to the Controlled List.

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