The Inventory section of the Magento Item Card in Commerce 365 for Magento manages the synchronization of stock levels, stock status, and related Magento inventory rules for each item. These settings determine how product inventory is controlled, displayed, and restricted in Magento.


The settings are available for items, variants and item units of measure*.


Inventory Fields and Settings

Inventory

Displays the current inventory quantity for the item in Business Central.
This value is synchronized with Magento to represent the available stock quantity.

Qty. Uses Decimals

  • Description: Enables or disables the use of decimal quantities for this product.

  • Usage:

    • Enabled: Allows fractional quantities (e.g., 1.5 meters).

    • Disabled: Only whole numbers are accepted.

Manage Stock

  • Description: Controls whether Magento should manage stock for this item.

  • Usage:

    • Enabled: Magento tracks inventory and stock status automatically.

    • Disabled: Magento treats the product as always in stock.

Use Config Settings (Manage Stock)

  • Description: When enabled, Magento uses the global stock configuration defined in Magento Admin instead of the item-specific setting.

Stock Status

  • Description: Indicates the current stock status of the item in Magento.

  • Values:

    • In Stock

    • Out of Stock

Automatic Stock Status Change

  • Description: Allows Magento to automatically switch the stock status based on quantity.

  • Usage:

    • Enabled: When stock drops to zero or below, status changes to Out of Stock.

    • Disabled: Manual update is required.

Backorders

  • Description: Defines whether customers can place orders for items that are out of stock.

  • Values:

    • No Backorders – Prevents purchasing when stock is unavailable.

    • Allow Qty Below 0 – Allows backorders but does not notify customers.

    • Allow Qty Below 0 and Notify Customer – Allows backorders and notifies customers in Magento.

Use Config Settings (Backorders)

  • Description: When enabled, Magento uses the store-wide configuration for backorders.

Out-of-Stock Threshold

  • Description: Defines the stock level at which the item is considered out of stock.
    A negative value can allow overselling before switching to Out of Stock.

  • Example:

    • Setting -2 means the product will show as In Stock until quantity drops below -2.

Use Config Settings (Out-of-Stock Threshold)

  • Description: When enabled, Magento uses the global out-of-stock threshold value.

Notify for Quantity Below

  • Description: Sets a threshold quantity that triggers a low-stock notification in Magento.

  • Example:
    If set to 10, Magento sends an alert when stock falls below 10 units.

Use Config Settings (Notify for Quantity Below)

  • Description: When enabled, Magento uses the global notification threshold.

Minimum Qty. Allowed in Cart

  • Description: Defines the minimum quantity customers can purchase in a single order.

Use Config Settings (Minimum Allowed in Cart)

  • Description: Uses the Magento global minimum quantity rule.

Maximum Qty. Allowed in Cart

  • Description: Defines the maximum number of units a customer can purchase in one order.

Use Config Settings (Maximum Allowed in Cart)

  • Description: Uses the global Magento maximum quantity configuration.

Enable Qty Increments

  • Description: Enables selling products in fixed quantity increments.

  • Usage Example:

    • If set to true and Qty Increments = 5, customers can only buy 5, 10, 15, etc.

Use Config Settings (Enable Qty Increments)

  • Description: Uses the global Magento increment configuration.

Qty Increments

  • Description: Defines the step size for quantity increments (e.g., 2 = customers can buy 2, 4, 6, ...).

Use Config Settings (Qty Increments)

  • Description: Uses the store-wide configuration for quantity increments.

Notes

  • Use Config Settings toggles allow Magento’s global configuration to override item-specific settings.


* Item units of measure must be enabled in a paid feature.