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During your First Inventory, you’ll do the following:

Note: Before starting your inventory count, make sure you're in your Beverage account. To learn how to switch between your venues, see:

Note: Area names must be unique. You cannot create an area with the same name as an existing or archived area.

For your First Inventory, you’ll be adding items to your venue list and counting them. As soon as you add the item, you can add the count.

This section outlines various use cases for adding items and how to count partial and full units.

Note: You'll also go through a short tutorial in-app that covers these use cases.

To start adding items and counting, tap an area.

Note: If the area doesn’t have an internet connection, You can still scan, count, and save the area. It will re-sync when the connection is restored. For more information, see:

When inside an area, scan the barcodes of your items in a systematic fashion, top to bottom, left to right.

When you scan a barcode, it searches the WISK database to find the item and add it to your venue.

If the item is in our database, it’s added to your venue’s item list. You can then count the item.

See the “Counting” section below for more information.

If you scan an item, and it pulls up an item that is different from what you scanned, you can edit the item information.

Note: To help speed up your first inventory, when you scan an item's barcode it adds the item to your venue automatically. After completing 3+ inventories, when you scan the barcode of an item that isn't in your venue, it'll show you a preview of the item before adding it.

If an item doesn’t have a barcode, for example, a beer keg or premium wine, tap the “Search / Add” button to add it to your venue’s list.

You can search the WISK database for the item by tapping “Search Online”, Or you can add the item manually by tapping “Add Item”.

When adding an item, you’ll need to provide the following information at a minimum:

You can also take a picture of the item by tapping the camera icon, or upload an image from your photos.

After adding the item details, tap “Save”

The item is then added to your venue and can be counted.

For more detailed information, please see:

If you scan a barcode, and it isn’t in the WISK database, you’ll need to either:

Note: If you’re in an area with no network connection, you won’t be able to search online.

With your item called up, it’s now time to count it. As mentioned earlier, you’ll count items in a systematic fashion. Scan and count what is in front of you as you work your way through the area.

For example, if at the start of the area, you have 2 full units of Jameson 750ml, and there are 2 more at the far end of the bar, scan and submit those counts separately as you get to them in the area. WISK adds the counts together when you have finished the area. Don’t add them up in your head and submit it as 4 full units.

By adding them separately, it is much easier to review your counts and make sure you haven’t missed anything.

For partial units, you can use the visual mode, a supported Bluetooth scale, or enter a custom amount to count it.

When the amount is added, it displays how much remains in either fluid ounces or milliliters depending on your preference. You can change this under Inventory Settings:

Note: The method you used to count the item is displayed when reviewing counts in an area.

If using the visual method:

To get more accurate measurements of your partial items, you can use a supported Bluetooth scale. For a list of supported scales, see:

Before using the scale, you need to enable it in the app settings. You can do this before or during the inventory. For detailed setup instructions, see:

To set up the scale during inventory, tap the scale icon after scanning an item, then tap the "Use Scale" toggle. Click "Enable" on the confirmation message.

The scale then automatically connects to your device when turned on.

Note: If you're having issues getting the scale to connect please see:

Note: Always make sure that what displays on the confirm button matches what you see in person. If you place a partial unit on the scale, and the amount remaining in WISK doesn't appear correct:

For more information about what to do if the reading on the scale appears incorrect, see:

If you are weighing an item and the cap has been replaced by a spout, you can add a spout and enter its weight.
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The weight of the spout is subtracted from the reading on the scale. To learn more, see:

This option allows you to enter an exact amount remaining in the item. Only use this if you have a way of knowing exactly how much is inside (pouring into a measuring cup, or using a tool that can track exactly how much of something was poured, etc).

If you have called up an item and don't see any of the methods for counting partial units, check the item's measurement. It's possible the measurement type may be set to "1 unit", which isn't a measurement of volume.

To fix this, you'll need to change the item's measurement/size to count partial units. It's best to catch and fix this as soon as possible so it can be counted and used in recipes correctly.

To learn how to change it, and more about units of measurement see:

Once the item has been fixed, you can count partials units.

For full units, you can submit them as individual units or cases:

Note: There are also swiping gesture shortcuts you can use to add full units of an item. To learn more, see:

As you scan and count your way through an area, you can submit combinations of full and partial units. For example, if on a bar shelf, you had half a unit of Jameson, with 2 full units behind it, you would submit it as 2.5.

For a full list of inventory use cases, please see our “Taking Inventory” section of the help site.

When you’ve finished counting in an area or want to see what you have submitted so far, tap “Review item counts”. The number beside the button represents the total count of items so far.

You’ll see everything you’ve counted, in the order it was submitted. Including whether it was the visual or scale method for partial units.

At this point, it doesn’t add the counts together. You’ll see every single submission you’ve made. You can use the + or - buttons to adjust the counts if needed.

For example, if you counted 2.5 units of Campari 750ml at the start of an area, and then 2 more at the end, you’ll see those individual submissions. This is so you can quickly review what you’ve added to make sure you haven’t missed anything. The next screen before you submit the inventory adds everything together (in this case, 4.5 units).

If you need to delete an item, you can swipe it to the left and tap delete.

After you've checked your counts, tap “Review and submit area”.

This screen shows the total counts for each item, and can you choose how to view this information:

You can tap an item to see a breakdown of how it was counted.

You'll see each individual submission that makes up the count. You can use this to help verify the counts in the area.

As you add items, your progress is saved automatically to the cloud as you go. When you've finished reviewing your counts, tap "Submit area counts".

Note: You can go back into an area after it has been saved to make changes if needed.

You’ll see the area marked as saved, with a summary of what has been counted. This is a good way to tell if you have finished counting an area, or need to go back and finish it later.

Now count your remaining areas. You can only submit your inventory after saving all areas in your venue.

As you submit and save your last area, you’ll receive a prompt asking if you wish to add another area, review the inventory, or you can hit cancel if you need to finish counting in another saved area.

When you tap “Review and Submit inventory”, you’ll see a breakdown of the inventory, and you can choose how to view it:

You’ll see the total count for each item, and you can tap it to see where it was counted. You can tap into an area to adjust the count if necessary.
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When everything looks correct, you’ll see the total number of unique items in the inventory, the total count, and the total dollar value of your inventory at the bottom of the screen.

At this point your value may say $0 because you haven't added any item costs yet. Don't worry, that's the next step after submitting your inventory.

To submit the inventory:

After submitting the inventory, a copy of the inventory report is emailed to the designated recipients.

If you notice that you made a mistake during the inventory, see: