Set up locations and warehouses

A location is any place you hold stock — a warehouse, a shop floor, a retail store, or a single bin. Every quantity Fiddle tracks belongs to a location.

Create a location

1. Go to Settings → Locations and click New location.
2. Enter a name and, optionally, an address for shipping and receiving.
3. Mark whether the location is active — only active locations appear when you receive, adjust, or transfer stock.
4. Save.

Set a default location

One location can be the default. New purchase orders, sales orders, and adjustments suggest it first, so most teams set their busiest warehouse as the default.

Keep names short and consistent — “Main Warehouse”, “Returns”, “Showroom”. You’ll pick them constantly, and clear names prevent receiving stock into the wrong place.

How locations affect your numbers

Each item carries its own on-hand and reserved figures per location. The item total is the sum across all locations.

Action	Location matters because
Receiving	Stock lands at the delivery location on the PO
Selling	Reservations draw from a specific location
Adjusting	You correct one location’s count, not the global total

For how these quantities combine, see understanding stock levels.

Next steps

Once your locations exist, you can transfer stock between them as goods move around your operation.