# Stock an item at a location

Give a variant its stock identity at a location, book stock in against a purchase as it arrives, and check that the books add up.

Warehouse · a play in 3 steps.

## The steps

1. Create the item’s stock identity at the location. — [createInventoryItem](/reference/inventory-item/createInventoryItem/)
2. Book stock in against a purchase — the on-hand rises, the receipt records what arrived. — [receiveStock](/reference/inventory-operations/receiveStock/)
3. Check the item’s ledger against its balances — do the books add up? — [verifyInventoryItem](/reference/reading-your-records/verifyInventoryItem/)

## The calls

Every operation this use case runs, in the order it first appears, with the request and the response its reference page shows.

### createInventoryItem

[createInventoryItem](/reference/inventory-item/createInventoryItem/) — mutation · Create a new inventory item — one variant’s stock identity at your organization.

**Example request**

```graphql
mutation ExampleCreateInventoryItem($input: NewInventoryItemInput!) {
  createInventoryItem(input: $input) {
    id
    sysId
    type
    caption
    status
    parentId
    rootId
    createdAt
    updatedAt
    revisionNum
    revision
    logicalFacilityId
    styleType
    controlClass
    onHandQty
    reservedQty
    inTransitQty
    damagedQty
    heldQty
    onOrderQty
    availableQty
  }
}
```

Variables:

```json
{
  "input": {
    "caption": "Blue jeans",
    "variantId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-8415e73b0000",
    "logicalFacilityId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-8026f71c0000"
  }
}
```

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

**Example response**

```json
{
  "data": {
    "createInventoryItem": {
      "id": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-37386ae00000",
      "sysId": "IV-EXMP-0000-000F",
      "type": "InventoryItem",
      "caption": "Blue jeans",
      "status": "active",
      "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",
      "logicalFacilityId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-8026f71c0000",
      "styleType": "<style type>",
      "controlClass": "<control class>",
      "onHandQty": "<on hand qty>",
      "reservedQty": "<reserved qty>",
      "inTransitQty": "<in transit qty>",
      "damagedQty": "<damaged qty>",
      "heldQty": "<held qty>",
      "onOrderQty": "<on order qty>",
      "availableQty": "<available qty>"
    }
  },
  "extensions": {
    "at": {
      "callId": "01EXAMPLE-CALL-ID",
      "version": {
        "requested": {
          "name": "genesis",
          "number": 0
        },
        "serviced": {
          "name": "genesis",
          "number": 0
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### receiveStock

[receiveStock](/reference/inventory-operations/receiveStock/) — mutation · Book stock in against a purchase — goods arriving at your door.

**Example request**

```graphql
mutation ExampleReceiveStock($input: ReceiveStockInput!) {
  receiveStock(input: $input) {
    inventoryItem {
      id
      sysId
      type
      caption
      status
      parentId
      rootId
      createdAt
      updatedAt
      revisionNum
      revision
      logicalFacilityId
      styleType
      controlClass
      onHandQty
      reservedQty
      inTransitQty
      damagedQty
      heldQty
      onOrderQty
      availableQty
    }
  }
}
```

Variables:

```json
{
  "input": {
    "inventoryItemId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-9307d9650000",
    "quantity": "2",
    "unitCost": {
      "currency": "USD",
      "amount": "10.00"
    },
    "caption": "Blue jeans"
  }
}
```

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

**Example response**

```json
{
  "data": {
    "receiveStock": {
      "inventoryItem": {
        "id": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-37386ae00000",
        "sysId": "IV-EXMP-0000-000F",
        "type": "InventoryItem",
        "caption": "Blue jeans",
        "status": "active",
        "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",
        "logicalFacilityId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-8026f71c0000",
        "styleType": "<style type>",
        "controlClass": "<control class>",
        "onHandQty": "<on hand qty>",
        "reservedQty": "<reserved qty>",
        "inTransitQty": "<in transit qty>",
        "damagedQty": "<damaged qty>",
        "heldQty": "<held qty>",
        "onOrderQty": "<on order qty>",
        "availableQty": "<available qty>"
      }
    }
  },
  "extensions": {
    "at": {
      "callId": "01EXAMPLE-CALL-ID",
      "version": {
        "requested": {
          "name": "genesis",
          "number": 0
        },
        "serviced": {
          "name": "genesis",
          "number": 0
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### verifyInventoryItem

[verifyInventoryItem](/reference/reading-your-records/verifyInventoryItem/) — query · Reconcile one item’s ledger against its cached balances — “do the books add up?”.

**Example request**

```graphql
query ExampleVerifyInventoryItem($inventoryItemId: ID!) {
  verifyInventoryItem(inventoryItemId: $inventoryItemId) {
    entryCount
    consistent
    recordCount
    recordsConsistent
    openTransferReservedQty
    reservedConsistent
  }
}
```

Variables:

```json
{
  "inventoryItemId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-9307d9650000"
}
```

**Example response**

```json
{
  "data": {
    "verifyInventoryItem": {
      "entryCount": 1,
      "consistent": true,
      "recordCount": 1,
      "recordsConsistent": true,
      "openTransferReservedQty": "<open transfer reserved qty>",
      "reservedConsistent": true
    }
  },
  "extensions": {
    "at": {
      "callId": "01EXAMPLE-CALL-ID",
      "version": {
        "requested": null,
        "serviced": {
          "name": "genesis",
          "number": 0
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```