Bin Import
Bin records define bin locations within a warehouse or stock room. Bin record numbers are associated with items and included on receiving and fulfilling transactions to keep track of the on-hand quantity for each bin.
For details about bins in NetSuite, see Creating Bin Records.
Bin imports are not available unless the Bin Management feature is enabled in your account. To enable this feature, go to Setup > Company > Enable Features and on the Items & Inventory subtab, check Bin Management.
Note the following:
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A Bin Number field value is required to uniquely identify each Bin record.
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If the Multi-Location Inventory (MLI) feature is enabled, the Location field is required. Note that if you use bins with MLI, you must use bins in all locations. After a bin record has been saved for the first time, the location value cannot be changed.
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If the Warehouse Management feature is enabled, you can import data for the following fields: Type, Sequence Number, and Zone. For more information about working with these fields, see Creating Bin Locations or Carts.
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After bin records have been created, you can associate them with inventory item records. To associate bins with an item record, you need to set the item's Use Bins field value to True, and add bin records to the item's Bin Numbers sublist. You can set the Preferred field value to True for one item bin record per location. You can complete these tasks on the Item page in the user interface, or through an Items import.
For details about fields that can be mapped in the bin record, see the SOAP Schema Browser’s bin. You can use the field definitions here as a basis for creating your own CSV import template file. For information about working with this tool, see SOAP Schema Browser.
The Import Assistant is available at Setup > Import/Export > Import Tasks > Import CSV Records. After you select the record type, you choose the import character encoding. For more information, see Select a Record Type for Import and Choose Import Character Encoding.