Items
In this article, you will learn how to set up an item and export it from Business Central to Pulpo WMS.
Item
Items should be created, updated and handled directly in Business Central. All inventory items and their variants are exported to Pulpo WMS. Mandatory fields every item should have before export is done:
- No.
- Description
- Unit of Measure
- Management Type (none, serial, lot)
- Barcode
Variant
When item variant is exported to Pulpo WMS, unique string is created representing its No.:
- Item No. + Special Character for Variants from Setup + Variant Code
Barcode
List of barcodes is mandatory for Pulpo WMS. Based on setup, barcodes are read from one of these:
- GTIN field in Item table (doesn’t support Variants)
- Item Reference table, type is Barcode (supports Variants)
- Item Identifier table (supports Variants)
Export
If items are exported for the first time, POST /inventory/bulk/products or POST /inventory/products Pulpo WMS API is used. When item is successfully exported, Pulpo WMS ID is saved in Item table, along with last export date time. If items are already exported before, they will be exported next time only if there has been change. Update is done to PUT /inventory/bulk/products or POST /inventory/products/%1 Pulpo WMS API.
Variant is exported in the same way as item. Pulpo WMS ID and last export date time are saved to Item Variant table after successful export. If "Variant Mandatory if Exists" is marked as Yes on item, it won’t be exported as a stand alone to Pulpo WMS, only it’s variants will be exported. Otherwise, both Item and its Variants will be exported.
It’s possible to export single item directly from Item Card or Item Variant Card using Pulpo WMS action.
After each API call is done, new entry is saved in Request Log table with type Item. In case of errors or incomplete data, result will be saved in this log.