Containers

What is a Container?

A Container is a Storage Location that is made up of bundled items. Generally, these 'bundled' items will be forced to move with the other items in the bundle because they are packaged in such a way that prevents them from moving independently.

The other very important feature of the Container is that your general item entry users that do not have permissions to create new Storage Locations in the system can indeed create a Container Storage Location (but only within the Container folder). These users also have the ability to generate labels to go on the bundle for processing.

Enabling Containers

The Containers option must be enabled in your Organization by an Administrator. If you are an Administrator, go to Settings > Organization and find the section for 'Use Containers'. Edit the option and turn this on.

When this option is turned on, it will create a single folder in the root of your Tools > Storage Locations called 'Containers'.

How to Bundle (Containerize) Items

Here is a Case with four Items and they are all stored in a temporary locker. When the User is entering the Items, they will simply select a Storage Location they have access to.
The option to 'Add to Container' will come after they have entered all the Items.

After all the Items have been created, you may select Items you're interested in by clicking the checkbox in their Row and then go to Action > Add to Container.

This will bring up the Add Item(s) To Container screen but now one very important option has been enabled.
The User performing the Transaction can now name a New Container or choose from an existing Container.

In the Container Name field, simply begin to type the new name of a new Container or it will provide a list of existing containers to choose from.
In this example, I am typing the word 'conta' and it is showing any other Containers that already have my text in the name.

Or you can type a new Container name. When done, click Ok.

Now we see all of our Items in this new Container (Storage Location) called NewContainer01 and it's within the Storage Location 'Containers'.

Printing A Container Label

Any containerContainer that is still in the Containers structure will show a printPrinter iconIcon next to the name. This is shown in the menu so that standard users,Users, without access to storageStorage locations,Locations, can print these location labels.labels. The userUser will simply click the printPrinter iconIcon and the label will appear. They will print this out and put on the bundled package.

Note: The print label will only exist while the containerContainer is within the storage structure Containers.Containers. Once this containerContainer is movedMoved outside of this strucuture it will no longer allow the printing of the label.label.

Changing Containers

Items can be movedMoved to other containersContainers simply by clicking the itemsItems to be moved and doing the same 'Add to Container' transaction. Transaction.

Scanning a Container Label

So not only are all these itemsItems 'bundled' together but now you can go to the Scan page and scanScan the location (container) label and it will bring up all the itemsItems in that container.Container. From there you can process a transactionTransaction like any other scan.Scan.

Moving a container

As long as a container is located within the Containers structure of Tools > Storage Locations, it will act like a container. If someone with access to the Storage Locations structure were to move the location outside of this containers folder, it will act like any other location.

Note: To move a container folder outside of the Containers strucutre, simply select the container in Tools > Storage Locations and edit that location. From this edit menu you can move the location anywhere else.