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Changing an Item's Measurement / Size

How to change an item's size - either the unit of measurement or the quantity

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Written by Nick Neale
Updated over a week ago

Article Contents

Introduction

Sometimes you create / add an item to your venue and discover later that it's the wrong size, or wrong unit of measurement.

Before catching the error, you may have inventoried the item a few times, received it on an invoice, etc.

Common mistakes include:

  • Putting the correct quantity, but wrong unit of measurement. For example, putting 1000L instead of 1000ml, 12ml instead of 12oz, 1.14ml instead of 1.14L or 1140ml.

  • Using "unit" or "each" as the unit of measurement on a weight or volume based item. You won't be able to count partial units or map recipes / batches easily.

To learn more about the different units of measurement, see:

The good new is that you can fix this mistake easily, and all of your data (past inventories, invoices, etc) will update.

Editing the Item’s Measurements

In this example we’ll change the measurement of an item from 1 unit to 750ml.

WISK Web Portal

To edit an item’s measurement:

  1. On the Item’s page, place your cursor over the item and click the Pencil icon

    An arrow points to the pencil icon beside the item
  2. Click the pencil icon beside “Measurement”

    An arrow points to the pencil icon beside "Measurement"
  3. Click into the “Quantity” field and adjust the value if needed. In this example we'll set it to 750.

    The "Quantity" field is highlighted for emphasis.
  4. Click the “Unit of measurement” drop-down menu and select from the list. You can select from volume and weight measurements, along with “units” for whole items

    An arrow points to the options in the "Unit of measurement" drop-down menu
  5. You can add an alias (the name by which the Quantity + Item Measurement is displayed in the UI. For example, can, pack, bottle, etc.), then click “Save”

    An arrow points to the "Save" button
  6. A message displays saying this change will impact your previous inventory counts. Click “OK” on the confirmation screen

    An arrow points to the "OK" button
  7. The item’s unit of measurement updates

    The item measurement now displays as 750ml.

Mobile App

  1. On the “Items” screen, swipe the item to the left

    An arrow gestures to swipe the item to the left
  2. Tap “Edit”

    An arrow points to the "Edit" button that is now visible after swiping to the left
  3. Tap the “Item Measurement”

    An arrow points to the "Item Measurement" field.
  4. A pop-up window opens. Tap the “Quantity” field and adjust the value if needed

    The "Quantity" field is highlighted for emphasis.
  5. Tap the “Item Measurement” field

    An arrow points to the "Item Measurement" field
  6. Select the unit of measurement from the list. You can select from volume and weight measurements, along with “units” for items that can’t be measured

    An arrow points to the different Units of Measurement that can be selected from the list
  7. Add in an alias and case size if needed, then tap “Done"

    An arrow points to the "Done" button
  8. The new item measurement displays. Tap “Save”

    An arrow points to the "Save" button
  9. The new unit of measurement is saved

    The item is now 750ml

Item Measurement Updated

After the item measurement is updated, you’ll see the new measurement on the inventory, consumption, and variance pages:

Before

An inventory that shows the item when the unit of measurement is "unit".

After

The same inventory now showing the item as 750ml.

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