10.17. DD 17: Backoffice Inventory Management#

10.17.1. Summary#

This document describe the complete list features for inventory management and how will be shown.

User will use the backoffice to manage their inventory, prices and update stock.

Access all information provided from the Merchant Backend API in a understandable and accessible way

User should use the backoffice to manage inventory by:

Listing the product will shown this columns:

Actions will be

Update product will use the same form except for the product_id

product_id: BACKOFFICE_URL + id
description: split in two fields, concatenated with a line separator
- name: required, one line
- extra: optional, free text area
description localized: list with
- lang: dropdown list with supported lang + custom
- description: text area
unit: string
price: amount
image: image box that allows upload when clicked
taxes: list with
- name: string
- value: amount
Stock: button that opens more fields for stock control
- stock remaining: number
- address: first collapsed, then field for Location
- next_restock: date
- cancel: button to set the stock to infinity, closing the section

manage stock button will open the dialog below
without stock will close the dialog and set stock props to not defined
unknown button will set next restock value to undefined
never button will set next restock to never
when updating the product, the option without stock will no be available if the product already has stock
if the product already exist then:
- the option without stock will no be available, since the product cannot change from infinite stock to managed stock
- the option manage stock will no be available, since the product cannot change from managed stock to infinite stock
- current stock will be managed using incoming and notify lost
- a label at the end of the section will inform about the final result

price and stock columns in the list can be merged into a more complex column with the same information
rows in the table can be expandable when clicked to get access to some common actions like increase stock or change price

detail page was intentionally left out since all information can be access from the update page

can we add the quantity locked in the product description? so we can add it to the inventory list to reflect the current activity.
can we allow add extra data like order has in contractTerm?, this could be useful for frontend apps. example of usage: country/state to where the product is sold since taxes may vary