# createTransfer

mutation · in the family [Inventory operations](/reference/inventory-operations/)

## What it does

Create a new stock transfer between locations at your organization.

CREATE a Transfer: lines FIXED at create (1..24 NAMED; distinct source IIs, each ACTIVE + STOCKED with its destination junction EXISTING at the destination LF — movements never auto-vivify, IV-b); both LFs ACTIVE; a same-LF pair refuses (relocateStock is the intra-LF sibling); the weight + org attribution derive from the live LF-PF-PFL spine and stamp IMMUTABLE.

## Who may call it

Capability area: **Inventory operations** — Receiving, counting, transferring and moving stock.

- Owner
- Manager
- Associate Manager
- Warehouse Associate
- An API key whose scope allows `api:createTransfer`

## Arguments

| Name | Type | Required | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `input` | [CreateTransferInput](/types/CreateTransferInput/) `CreateTransferInput!` | yes | No further notes. |

## Returns

[Transfer](/types/Transfer/) `Transfer!` — A stock transfer: ONE shipment event moving stock between two LogicalFacilities of the SAME org group (the never-cross-group law IS the tenancy boundary; the source and destination ORGS may differ = intercompany, attribution stamped at birth). LIGHT weight (same physical location — birth-derived from the LF-PF-PFL spine) completes in the ONE submit step (no reserve, no in_transit). Cancel is pre-ship ONLY; cancelled is the ONE doomed terminal (lists filter it); completed/closed are IMMUTABLE non-doomed history — a write there refuses CONFLICT/IMMUTABLE.

## Example request

```graphql
mutation ExampleCreateTransfer($input: CreateTransferInput!) {
  createTransfer(input: $input) {
    id
    sysId
    type
    caption
    status
    parentId
    rootId
    createdAt
    updatedAt
    revisionNum
    revision
    destinationLogicalFacilityId
    weight
    sourceOrganizationId
    destinationOrganizationId
    expectedArrivalAt
    carrierRefs
  }
}
```

Variables:

```json
{
  "input": {
    "caption": "Blue jeans",
    "sourceLogicalFacilityId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-4971feb30000",
    "destinationLogicalFacilityId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-3885245e0000",
    "lines": [
      {
        "inventoryItemId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-9307d9650000",
        "quantity": "2"
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

Send it with the envelope naming the version: `"extensions": {"at": {"version": {"name":"genesis","number":0}}}`.

## Example response

```json
{
  "data": {
    "createTransfer": {
      "id": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-37386ae00000",
      "sysId": "TF-EXMP-0000-000F",
      "type": "Transfer",
      "caption": "Blue jeans",
      "status": "draft",
      "parentId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-065235280000",
      "rootId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-a093dd800000",
      "createdAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
      "updatedAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
      "revisionNum": 1,
      "revision": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-b7960e180000",
      "destinationLogicalFacilityId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-3885245e0000",
      "weight": "<weight>",
      "sourceOrganizationId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-b627156a0000",
      "destinationOrganizationId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-fcbbe67d0000",
      "expectedArrivalAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
      "carrierRefs": [
        "<carrier refs>"
      ]
    }
  },
  "extensions": {
    "at": {
      "callId": "01EXAMPLE-CALL-ID",
      "version": {
        "requested": {
          "name": "genesis",
          "number": 0
        },
        "serviced": {
          "name": "genesis",
          "number": 0
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Errors this call can answer

- `VALIDATION/INVALID` — Something in the request is not valid. ([VALIDATION](/errors/VALIDATION/))
- `AUTHN/REQUIRED` — Sign in to do this. ([AUTHN](/errors/AUTHN/))
- `AUTHZ/FORBIDDEN` — Your role does not allow this action. ([AUTHZ](/errors/AUTHZ/))
- `RATE_LIMIT/THROTTLED` — Too many requests in a short time. ([RATE_LIMIT](/errors/RATE_LIMIT/))
- `NOT_FOUND/*` — That record could not be found. ([NOT_FOUND](/errors/NOT_FOUND/))
- `CONFLICT/*` — The record’s state, or a change made in the meantime, does not allow this; the codes are on the CONFLICT page. ([CONFLICT](/errors/CONFLICT/))
- `VALIDATION/VERSION_REQUIRED` — The request did not say which app version it came from. ([VALIDATION](/errors/VALIDATION/))

## Used in

- [Move stock between locations](/use-cases/move-stock/)