Understanding large quantities in the RELEASED bin under Include Out Bins

Overview

After enabling View > Include Out Bins, items show hundreds of units in a bin named RELEASED while the regular stock total is zero. RELEASED is an Out-type bin created by default in every Everest company and is the destination of Write-off Quantity transactions. These units are not sellable stock and must not be written off again. This article explains what the bin represents.

Information

What RELEASED is

• Default bin of type Out, description "Released Area".
• When a Write-off Quantity adjustment posts, the units move from the source bin into RELEASED. The quantity in RELEASED is the accumulated history of write-offs for that item.
• Out-type bins are excluded from the Items browser totals and from Item Stock Status unless Include Out Bins is enabled, by design.

What not to do

• Do not post another write-off against RELEASED.
• Do not transfer units out of RELEASED into a Stock-type bin unless the goods physically exist and the original write-off was wrong.

Other default Out bins behave the same way: OUTSTK_USA, VCSA, VRMA, CRMA-EX.

Related articles

• Ch. 2: Setting Up a Company: Stock Areas (default stock bins and their types)
• Ch. 4: Managing Items: Item Stock Status (Include Out Bins option)