{"id":32917,"date":"2025-11-18T12:52:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T12:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/?p=32917"},"modified":"2025-11-28T12:54:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:54:47","slug":"accurately-set-product-quantities-in-odoo-purchase-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/product\/purchase\/accurately-set-product-quantities-in-odoo-purchase-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Manage Product Quantities in Odoo Purchase Orders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Accurately specifying product quantities in Odoo Purchase Orders is key to smooth purchasing and effective inventory control. It helps businesses order the right amount of products, maintain proper stock levels, and keep invoices and costs accurate preventing both shortages and overstocking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Create a New Purchase Order Document<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <strong>+New<\/strong> to create a new purchase order document. Select the vendor from the dropdown list. Add the product using the product code. When you click <strong>Save<\/strong>, the PO document number is generated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Quantity<\/strong> field is set to 1 by default when adding a product. Modify the quantity by entering a new value. Set the desired quantity based on requirement. The updated quantity will be reflected in the purchase order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"823\" src=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Tenthplanet-Odoo-Purchase-Quantity-in-PO-1024x823.png\" alt=\"Odoo Purchase Quantity in PO\" class=\"wp-image-32918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Tenthplanet-Odoo-Purchase-Quantity-in-PO-1024x823.png 1024w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Tenthplanet-Odoo-Purchase-Quantity-in-PO-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Tenthplanet-Odoo-Purchase-Quantity-in-PO-768x618.png 768w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Tenthplanet-Odoo-Purchase-Quantity-in-PO.png 1164w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quantity Rules for Different Product Types<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Odoo, quantity rules vary based on the type of product being handled. For <strong>Lot\/Serial products<\/strong>, only whole numbers can be entered because their unit of measure is PCS. Example: 45, 28, 37. If a decimal quantity is entered for these products, the system displays a validation message <strong>\u201cPlease check the Quantity of the Product.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"835\" src=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Tenthplanet-Odoo-Purchase-Decimal-Quantity-Validation-1024x835.png\" alt=\"Odoo Purchase Decimal Quantity Validation\" class=\"wp-image-32919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Tenthplanet-Odoo-Purchase-Decimal-Quantity-Validation-1024x835.png 1024w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Tenthplanet-Odoo-Purchase-Decimal-Quantity-Validation-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Tenthplanet-Odoo-Purchase-Decimal-Quantity-Validation-768x626.png 768w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Tenthplanet-Odoo-Purchase-Decimal-Quantity-Validation.png 1165w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, <strong>No Tracking products<\/strong> allow decimal quantities since their unit of measure is KG. Example:  &#8216;15.500&#8217; or &#8216;26.75&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Validating Quantity in Purchase Order<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In a Purchase Order, the <strong>quantity cannot be zero or negative<\/strong>. If an invalid quantity is entered, Odoo will display a validation message when you click <strong>Confirm<\/strong>: <strong>\u201cQuantity\/Basic Cost cannot be less than zero.\u201d <\/strong>Always make sure the quantity you enter is <strong>positive and valid<\/strong> before confirming the order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"835\" src=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Tenthplanet-Odoo-Purchase-Quantity-Zero-Validation-1024x835.png\" alt=\"Odoo Purchase Quantity Zero Validation\" class=\"wp-image-32921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Tenthplanet-Odoo-Purchase-Quantity-Zero-Validation-1024x835.png 1024w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Tenthplanet-Odoo-Purchase-Quantity-Zero-Validation-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Tenthplanet-Odoo-Purchase-Quantity-Zero-Validation-768x626.png 768w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Tenthplanet-Odoo-Purchase-Quantity-Zero-Validation.png 1165w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Confirm the Purchase Order<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before confirming a Purchase Order, <strong>carefully verify all the details, including product quantities, prices, and vendor information<\/strong>, to ensure accuracy. Once everything is correct, click <strong>Confirm Order<\/strong> to save the Purchase Order and click <strong>Approve<\/strong> to officially approve the Purchase Order. This ensures that your Purchase Orders, including all <strong>quantities<\/strong>, are accurate and ready for processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Tenthplanet-Odoo-Purchase-Quantity-PO-Completion-1024x816.png\" alt=\"Odoo Purchase Quantity PO Completion\" class=\"wp-image-32923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Tenthplanet-Odoo-Purchase-Quantity-PO-Completion-1024x816.png 1024w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Tenthplanet-Odoo-Purchase-Quantity-PO-Completion-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Tenthplanet-Odoo-Purchase-Quantity-PO-Completion-768x612.png 768w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/Tenthplanet-Odoo-Purchase-Quantity-PO-Completion.png 1174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accurately specifying product quantities in Odoo Purchase Orders is key to smooth purchasing and effective inventory control. It helps businesses [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[383],"tags":[459,522],"class_list":["post-32917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-purchase","tag-purchase","tag-quantity"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}