Inventory items
In QuickBooks Desktop, an inventory item is any merchandise or part that a business purchases, tracks as inventory, and then resells. In QuickBooks, information about an inventory item is grouped into three categories:
- Purchase Information:
PurchaseDesc
,PurchaseCost
,COGSAccountRef
, andPrefVendorRef
. - Sales Information:
SalesDesc
,SalesPrice
, andSalesTaxCodeRef
. - Inventory Information:
AssetAccountRef
,ReorderPoint
,QuantityOnHand
,TotalValue
, andInventoryDate
.
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In addition to the inventory item operations documented herein, Conductor can fetch, create, and update every other inventory-related QuickBooks Desktop data type:
- Inventory assembly items
- Inventory transfers
- Inventory adjustments
- Inventory sites
We will document these data types in the future. In the meantime, contact us if you need help with them.
Fetching inventory items
It is quite simple to fetch inventory items. There are many optional request parameters you can use to filter the results.
Creating inventory items
Creating vendors is also quite simple. There are many optional request parameters available, but the only required one is Name
.