Create article

All articles must have a unique article number. Article numbers are sorted in alphanumeric order, which means that article number A212 comes before article A35. If you use digits only, with alphanumeric sorting the values 1, 2, 3, 10, 20, 30 will be sorted as 1, 10, 2, 20, 3, 30.

  1. Go to Sales - Articles, alternatively if you work with the Stock extension, go to Stock and articles - Articles .
  2. Select New article.
  3. Enter the article details.

You fill in the Stock balance field if you know how many articles are in stock. If you work with the stock extension, the number of articles in stock cannot be updated on the article page. Changes of the stock balance are then made through inbound and outbound deliveries.

If you enter an English name in the field Article name in English, the article will be shown with its English designation on documents to customers with English set as the Sales document language. If the field is left blank, the Finnish article name will be shown.

  1. Choose Save and the article is shown in the Articles list.

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