Thread: Not able to set the quantity for a product

Hi,
When i try to add a product with a variant, I am not able to see the quantity on the front end. I could see the quantity dropdown with zero. Below is the sample i am trying to add. Also,I would like to know Please help me.

<AspDotNetStorefrontImport Verbose="true">
<Transaction>
<Product Action="Add">
<Name>Adapter Bar 2</Name>
<Summary><![CDATA[Adaptor Bar, 12", 18/8 stainless steel]]></Summary>
<Description><![CDATA[Adaptor Bar, 12", 18/8 stainless steel]]></Description>
<SpecTitle>Adaptor Bar</SpecTitle>
<MiscText>Ea</MiscText>
<Notes>special notes here</Notes>
<IsFeaturedTeaser>buy today</IsFeaturedTeaser>
<FroogleDescription>froogle description</FroogleDescription>
<SKU>AB-13</SKU>
<Mappings AutoCleanup="True">
<Entity EntityType="Category" XPath="Books" />
<Entity EntityType="Manufacturer" Name="Admiral Craft Equipment Corp." />
</Mappings>
<ManufacturerPartNumber>10012</ManufacturerPartNumber>
<Variants>
<Variant Action="Add" Name="Adapter Bar One" SKUSuffix="">
<IsDefault>True</IsDefault>
<Name>Adapter Bar Two</Name>
<Description>Adaptor Bar, 12", 18/8 stainless steel</Description>
<FroogleDescription>string</FroogleDescription>
<ManufacturerPartNumber>AB-13</ManufacturerPartNumber>
<Price>2.14</Price>
<SalePrice>1.02</SalePrice>
<Weight>42</Weight>
<MSRP>145.00</MSRP>
<Cost>75.76</Cost>
<Points>integer</Points>
<Dimensions>5’x 6’x 7’</Dimensions>
<Inventory>150</Inventory>
<DisplayOrder>1</DisplayOrder>
<Notes>Notes go here</Notes>
<IsTaxable>False</IsTaxable>
<IsShipSeparately>False</IsShipSeparately>
<IsDownload>False</IsDownload>
<DownloadLocation>Not Applicable</DownloadLocation>
<FreeShipping>False</FreeShipping>
<Published>True</Published>
<Wholesale>False</Wholesale>
<IsRecurring>False</IsRecurring>
<RestrictedQuantities>No restricted quantities</RestrictedQuantities>
</Variant>
</Variants>
</Product>
</Transaction>
</AspDotNetStorefrontImport>

First off, are you referring to quantity, or inventory? You don't have any restricted quantities set in your import, so I'm guessing you mean inventory.

Next, what are you expecting to see on the front end (customer side)? The software is not going to display the inventory value to customers by default. If you set the ShowInventoryTable AppConfig to true it'll display Yes/No for In Stock, but not numeric values.

HI,
Can you please let me know the difference between quantity and inventory. And also on the restricted quantities. The client gave me an excel sheet which has field 'Vendor to Stock' . I am mapping it to inventory field. Is it correct. Please help.

Inventory is how many of the product you have on hand, that's tracked in the back end (admin site).

Quantity is how many the customer wants to buy, which is handled on the front end with the little dropdown you were talking about.