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title: "Stock Adjustments"
canonical: "https://kb.myframeworks.com.au/space/FRAM/28384064/Stock%20Adjustments"
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# Overview
> Macro (excerpt)
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> **Stock adjustments** allow you to create new stock adjustments including adjusting the quantity on hand or the average cost for a given product.
# Accessing the Stock Adjustments Screen
To access the **Stock Adjustments **screen, perform the following:
1. Click **Frameworks **then navigate to **Inventory > Transaction Processing > Stock Adjustments **from the navigation tree.
2. Click **Find **to display all of the **New **and **Approved** stock adjustments pending for the select branch.
> ℹ️ The **Branch** will default to the users logged in branch.
# Navigating the Stock Adjustments Screen
Once you have opened the **Stock Adjustments **screen you can edit an existing stock adjustment, including approving, assigning a stock adjustment and/or adding or removing products.
There are 3 main sections to the Stock Adjustments screen:
1. On the left-hand side is displayed, in grid form, the **Search **and** Results** of the stock adjustments in the system.
2. On the right-hand side is displayed the stock adjustment **details** for the selected stock adjustment.
3. At the bottom are** Command Buttons.**
## 1. Search and Results
Using the **Search Criteria **section you can refine your search results by:
- The **Branch** that the stock adjustment is for.
- Enabling the **Completed **checkbox, you can add stock adjustments that have been completed to the search results.
- The** User **who created the Stock Adjustment. Click **Search **to open the **User Finder** window.
- The **Assignee **who has been assigned to approve and process the stock adjustment. Click **Search **to open the **User Finder** window.
Click **Find **to update the results grid below.
The **Results Grid **displays the:
- **Adjustment Number **given to each stock adjustment. Click on the **Adj# **hyperlink to display the Stock Adjustment Details.
- Click the **Attachments **icon to open the **Attachments **window and attach files and documents related to the Stock Adjustment.
- Click the **Paperclip **icon, if there are files or documents already attached to the Stock Adjustment.
> ✅ Refer to [Attachments](https://sterlandsupport.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/fwksproau/pages/30529422) for more information.
- **Date** the stock adjustment was created.
- **User **Id of the user who created the stock adjustment.
- **Status **of the stock adjustment. The statuses will be **New, Approved** or **Completed**
## 2. Stock Adjustment Details
The Stock Adjustment details section displays the following:
### Stock Adjustment Header Information
The header section displays important information related to the stock adjustment entry and maintenance buttons to help create and process the adjustment.
For more information about the Stock Adjustment Header Information, click here.
| **Field/Button** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| **Adjustment #** | Displays the **Adjustment Number** for the stock adjustment. |
| **User** | Displays the **User** **Id** of the user who created the adjustments. |
| **Date** | Displays the **Date** the stock adjustment was created. |
| **Branch** | Displays the **Branch** the stock adjustment belongs to. From the **Branch** drop-down menu select the required branch when creating a new stock adjustment. |
| **Reason** | Displays the **Reason Code **for the adjustment to the stock. This reason is applied to all the products added to the created/selected stock adjustment. From the **Reason **drop-down menu, select the required reason.
> ✅ Refer to [Stock Adjustment Reason Codes](https://sterlandsupport.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FRAM/pages/28382818) for additional information on creating the reason codes. |
| **Assignee** | Enter the **Assignee **who is to approve and process the stock adjustment. Click **Search** to open the **User Finder** window. |
| **Status** | Displays the status of stock adjustment. The statuses will be **New, Approved** or **Completed** |
| **Attachments **or **Paperclip** | - Click the **Attachments **icon to open the **Attachments **window and attach files and documents related to the Stock Adjustment.
- Click the **Paperclip** icon, if there are files or documents already attached to the Stock Adjustment.
> ✅ Refer to [Attachments](https://sterlandsupport.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/fwksproau/pages/30529422) for more information. |
| **Approve **and **Approved By** | Click the **Approve **button once you have reviewed and approved the stock adjustments to approve. The **Approve Adjustment **window will be displayed if you need to change the **Approved By **details.
The **Approved By **field will display the logged in user id once the adjustment has been approved unless updated in the **Approve Adjustment **window.
> ⚠️ The user assigned to approve the stock adjustment must have the user flag **Approve Stock Adjustment** enabled.
> ✅ Refer to [Approving a Stock Adjustment](https://sterlandsupport.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/fwksproau/pages/30508272) for more information on the process |
| **Process** | Click the **Process **button to process the stock adjustment. The changes to the stock amount and corresponding GL movements will then be committed.
> ✅ Refer to [Approving a Stock Adjustment](https://sterlandsupport.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/fwksproau/pages/30508272) for more information on the process |
### 2. Stock Adjustments and Details
The stock adjustments and details section display all products, which required an adjustment, for the selected stock adjustment. You can also add and remove products to the adjustment.
For more information about the Stock Adjustments and Details, click here.
| **Field/Button** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| **Add** | Click to **Add** button to add products that required an adjustment to their stock levels. A new product line will be added to the grid below. |
| **Remove** | Click the **Remove** button to remove the selected product line from the stock adjustment. |
| **Product ID** | Enter the Product ID or click **Search **to open the [Product Finder](https://sterlandsupport.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/fwksproau/pages/30531076) window. |
| **Description** | Automatically generated based on the Product ID entered. |
| **Current SOH** | Displays the available stock on hand. |
| **Qty** | Enter the quantity required to be adjusted against the stock on hand amount. A positive quantity increases stock. A negative quantity deducts stock. |
| **Length** | Displays the product length if applicable. |
| **New SOH** | Displays the new stock on hand, based the the adjustment quantity entered. |
| **UOM** | Displays the unit of measure for the validated product if applicable. |
| **Cost** | Displays the total cost of the product line (QTY x UOM conversion factor x cost of the product). |
| **Location** | Displays the Primary location for the product on adding the product. Click **Search **to open the **Location Finder** window.
> ⚠️ Requires the **LOC** feature to be active and **Stock By Location** and** Multiple Fixed Locations** to be enabled for the Branch. |
| **Current Locn SOH** | Displays the current stock on hand at the selected location.
> ⚠️ Requires the **LOC** feature to be active and **Stock By Location** and** Multiple Fixed Locations** to be enabled for the Branch. |
| **New Locn SOH** | Displays the new stock on hand at the selected location, based on the adjustment quantity entered.
> ⚠️ Requires the **LOC** feature to be active and **Stock By Location** and** Multiple Fixed Locations** to be enabled for the Branch. |
| **GL Account** | Displays the General Ledger account the change will be made against.
> ℹ️ Disable the checkbox for the [User Maintenance](https://sterlandsupport.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FRAM/pages/28378032) **Not Access GL Stock Adj? **for the logged in user to allow manual adjustment of the field. |
| **Comment** | Displays the Reason field description as defined in the stock adjustment header information.
> ℹ️ The System Settings - Flag **InvStkNaAl **needs to be disabled to over-write the comments. |
## 3. Command Buttons
The command buttons allow you to create a **New** stock adjustment, **Save** and **Cancel **any changes made and **Delete **entries.
# Additional Information
> ℹ️ Refer to the [Stock Adjustments](https://sterlandsupport.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FRAM/pages/28384064) User Manual for more information.
Related System Settings - Flags/Numeric/General
The below system settings may be used to customise the functionality of your Frameworks instance.
**System Settings - Flags**
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**InvStkNaAl**
Allow narration override to stock adj reason codes
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**FWStkAdjDefGL**
Use Stocktake Adj Account for Stock Adjustments
> ✅ Refer to [Inventory Related System Settings](https://sterlandsupport.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FRAM/pages/28409406) for more information.