{"id":2253,"date":"2019-03-19T17:01:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T00:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-apps\/scenario-3-inventory-counting-assistant\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T08:04:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:04:50","slug":"scenario-3-inventory-counting-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-apps\/scenario-3-inventory-counting-assistant\/","title":{"rendered":"Scenario 3: Inventory Counting Assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">An important aspect of any business dealing with products and inventory is to periodically compare system inventory records against the actual physical stock in the stores and the warehouse locations.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">In <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\">Finance and Operations<\/span><\/strong>, one way to reconcile inventory is to use <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\">Inventory Counting Journal<\/span><\/strong>. This journal is able to calculate the on-hand <span style=\"cursor: text; float: none;\">(system) <\/span>inventory of the items automatically and expects the users to count the physical inventory manually and update the journal lines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\"><span style=\"float: none;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">Conducting a physical inventory count can be tedious as it has to be done accurately and it takes plenty of time to do it correctly. 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(For testing purpose, you can generate bar codes using bar code generating tools online)<\/li>\n<li>The below image shows the item barcode scanning and counting process using a the app. Import the app to explore the complete App capabilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2276 size-full\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/powerappsblogmedia.azureedge.net\/powerappsblog\/2019\/03\/pic3.png\" width=\"3106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pic3.webp 3106w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pic3-300x129.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pic3-1024x440.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pic3-768x330.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pic3-1536x660.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pic3-2048x880.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3106px) 100vw, 3106px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI Condensed','Segoe UI','Segoe WP',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 200; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.17; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px;\">Steps to import and use the app<\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Create 6 custom entities in CDS as shown below. The <strong><em>entity name<\/em><\/strong> is outlined and the <strong><em>key<\/em> <\/strong>fields are underlined. (Refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/powerapps\/maker\/common-data-service\/create-custom-entity\">this link<\/a> for help with creating custom entities in CDS)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2261\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/powerappsblogmedia.azureedge.net\/powerappsblog\/2019\/03\/pic1-1024x891.png\" style=\"width: 549px; height: 478px; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; max-width: 100%;\" width=\"525\"\/><b><\/b><i><\/i><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li>Push data from Finance and Operations entities into these CDS entities using the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/admin\/data-integrator\">Data Integrator<\/a><\/strong> capability. (<strong>Note<\/strong>: Make sure to map the right fields for this integration. Also, you&#8217;re required to run this integration project before starting the count job) \u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2262\" height=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/powerappsblogmedia.azureedge.net\/powerappsblog\/2019\/03\/pic2-1024x494.png\" width=\"607\"\/><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; cursor: text; font-family: 'Libre Franklin','Helvetica Neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px;\">Download the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/downloadfiles7.blob.core.windows.net\/countassistant\/CountAssistant_20190315153059.zip\"><strong>Count Assistant<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; cursor: text; font-family: 'Libre Franklin','Helvetica Neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px;\"> PowerApps application to your local machine. This app connects to the custom CDS entities created in the previous step and <\/span><strong><em>Inventory counting journal lines<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; cursor: text; font-family: 'Libre Franklin','Helvetica Neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px;\"> entity in <\/span><strong>Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations<\/strong><span style=\"float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; cursor: text; font-family: 'Libre Franklin','Helvetica Neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px;\"> instance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/powerapps.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/powerapps-packaging\/\"><strong>Import the app<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a> into your PowerApps instance. Make sure all the connections\u00a0 are pointing to the right data source (CDS custom entities and <em>Inventory counting journal Lines<\/em> entity in Finance and Operations) and there are no errors.<\/li>\n<li>Save and Publish the App<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/powerapps\/user\/run-app-client\">Download<\/a> the PowerApps application on your camera enabled mobile phone\/tablet device and login to find the <strong>Count Assistant<\/strong> app .<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong><span style=\"float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; cursor: text; font-family: 'Libre Franklin','Helvetica Neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px;\">: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; cursor: text; font-family: 'Libre Franklin','Helvetica Neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px;\">This application was created to show the capability of PowerApps and how it can work with Finance and Operations only. 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