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| | | Author: | DadsAFOL  | | Posted: | Sep 17, 2010 21:23 | | Subject: | Suggest: Change Log + Part Out Log Task List | | Viewed: | 97 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| This has probably been suggested in the past, but it might have fallen off the
6 month archive. This just hit me tonight: I sold a part that was added to
my inventory in a part out, but the set inventory was corrected after the date
I parted it out.
Can we please have a new task item in My Actions that lists parts in your inventory
that belong to a set inventory that match a pre-correction value? This would
be a worklist with options to accept the change and update inventory (subtract
incorrect part, add correct part) or ignore.
For example, set 7799-1 has a change on 9/9/10 where part 44728 was changed from
black to dark bluish gray. Let's say in my Part Out Log, I have set 7799-1 dated
9/1/10, and in my inventory I currently have 1 or more part 44728 in black.
This would appear in the worklist for my review. Now if I already knew there
was an error and manually corrected it and I had legitimate black parts from
another source, I would flag this task as "ignore". On the other hand, if I
hadn't noticed the correction and I truly don't have any of those parts in black,
I'd be able to confirm the quantity and click a button to subtract the black
part(s) and add the dark bluish gray part(s) to my inventory (with the typical
upload/conolidate options).
That would really help keep store inventories clean! I've done a couple of set
inventories myself and they are definitely a labor of love. I appreciate the
hard work that goes into keeping set inventories accurate and would love to be
able to leverage all of that hard work!
-Jason
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| | | | | Author: | FigBits | | Posted: | Sep 17, 2010 21:27 | | Subject: | Re: Suggest: Change Log + Part Out Log Task List | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, DadsAFOL writes:
| | This has probably been suggested in the past, but it might have fallen off the
6 month archive. This just hit me tonight: I sold a part that was added to
my inventory in a part out, but the set inventory was corrected after the date
I parted it out.
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Sounds good. I've recently started parting out sets, and I could see this being
handy down the line.
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Marc.
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| | | | | Author: | ichiban | | Posted: | Sep 17, 2010 22:40 | | Subject: | Re: Suggest: Change Log + Part Out Log Task List | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, DadsAFOL writes:
| | This has probably been suggested in the past, but it might have fallen off the
6 month archive. This just hit me tonight: I sold a part that was added to
my inventory in a part out, but the set inventory was corrected after the date
I parted it out.
Can we please have a new task item in My Actions that lists parts in your inventory
that belong to a set inventory that match a pre-correction value? This would
be a worklist with options to accept the change and update inventory (subtract
incorrect part, add correct part) or ignore.
For example, set 7799-1 has a change on 9/9/10 where part 44728 was changed from
black to dark bluish gray. Let's say in my Part Out Log, I have set 7799-1 dated
9/1/10, and in my inventory I currently have 1 or more part 44728 in black.
This would appear in the worklist for my review. Now if I already knew there
was an error and manually corrected it and I had legitimate black parts from
another source, I would flag this task as "ignore". On the other hand, if I
hadn't noticed the correction and I truly don't have any of those parts in black,
I'd be able to confirm the quantity and click a button to subtract the black
part(s) and add the dark bluish gray part(s) to my inventory (with the typical
upload/conolidate options).
That would really help keep store inventories clean! I've done a couple of set
inventories myself and they are definitely a labor of love. I appreciate the
hard work that goes into keeping set inventories accurate and would love to be
able to leverage all of that hard work!
-Jason
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If I read it correctly, it would seem like this suggestion will take a large
amount of data processing on BrickLink's end. Essentially, every inventory change
would now involve scanning through every seller's Part Out logs. Another thing
to consider is that every-once-in-a-while, an inventory change is approved even
if it turns out to be wrong (although it is a very rare case and understandable
due to the many requests the admins have to go through).
The simple solution is that the seller should confirm the inventory him/her-self.
Put on an episode of The Office or Red Dwarf in the background or have some good
music and check through the set contents against the inventory on BrickLink.
Any additional copies of the set can be put into your storage system error-free
by matching the quantity against your "base set". Since I started doing this
about a 18 months ago, and not relying on the BrickLink inventory (although I
use it as a "template"), I've greatly reduced the number of errors in my store
inventory.
I would love to see processing power be devoted to one of your previous suggestions
of retaining the Lot History - http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=460524
- that one I am 100% behind.
Chris
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| | | | | Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | Sep 18, 2010 04:12 | | Subject: | Re: Suggest: Change Log + Part Out Log Task List | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, DadsAFOL writes:
| | This has probably been suggested in the past, but it might have fallen off the
6 month archive. This just hit me tonight: I sold a part that was added to
my inventory in a part out, but the set inventory was corrected after the date
I parted it out.
Can we please have a new task item in My Actions that lists parts in your inventory
that belong to a set inventory that match a pre-correction value? This would
be a worklist with options to accept the change and update inventory (subtract
incorrect part, add correct part) or ignore.
For example, set 7799-1 has a change on 9/9/10 where part 44728 was changed from
black to dark bluish gray. Let's say in my Part Out Log, I have set 7799-1 dated
9/1/10, and in my inventory I currently have 1 or more part 44728 in black.
This would appear in the worklist for my review. Now if I already knew there
was an error and manually corrected it and I had legitimate black parts from
another source, I would flag this task as "ignore". On the other hand, if I
hadn't noticed the correction and I truly don't have any of those parts in black,
I'd be able to confirm the quantity and click a button to subtract the black
part(s) and add the dark bluish gray part(s) to my inventory (with the typical
upload/conolidate options).
That would really help keep store inventories clean! I've done a couple of set
inventories myself and they are definitely a labor of love. I appreciate the
hard work that goes into keeping set inventories accurate and would love to be
able to leverage all of that hard work!
-Jason
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Good one!
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| | | | | Author: | DadsAFOL | | Posted: | Mar 19, 2017 11:50 | | Subject: | Re: Suggest: Change Log + Part Out Log Task List | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, DadsAFOL writes:
| | This has probably been suggested in the past, but it might have fallen off the
6 month archive. This just hit me tonight: I sold a part that was added to
my inventory in a part out, but the set inventory was corrected after the date
I parted it out.
Can we please have a new task item in My Actions that lists parts in your inventory
that belong to a set inventory that match a pre-correction value? This would
be a worklist with options to accept the change and update inventory (subtract
incorrect part, add correct part) or ignore.
For example, set 7799-1 has a change on 9/9/10 where part 44728 was changed from
black to dark bluish gray. Let's say in my Part Out Log, I have set 7799-1 dated
9/1/10, and in my inventory I currently have 1 or more part 44728 in black.
This would appear in the worklist for my review. Now if I already knew there
was an error and manually corrected it and I had legitimate black parts from
another source, I would flag this task as "ignore". On the other hand, if I
hadn't noticed the correction and I truly don't have any of those parts in black,
I'd be able to confirm the quantity and click a button to subtract the black
part(s) and add the dark bluish gray part(s) to my inventory (with the typical
upload/conolidate options).
That would really help keep store inventories clean! I've done a couple of set
inventories myself and they are definitely a labor of love. I appreciate the
hard work that goes into keeping set inventories accurate and would love to be
able to leverage all of that hard work!
-Jason
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On a whim, I was looking at old suggestions. This was my first suggestion on
BL. It's still needed. 
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