Setting Quantity for Items to Show Out-of-Stock

Article Number: 52 | Rating: Unrated | Last Updated: Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 11:24 AM

Summary:

To show how you can use a number other than zero to force items to display as out-of-stock in NRO.

Solution:

Setting Simple Items

System (horizontal top menu) / Configuration

Go to the Catalog section and then click on the Inventory tab.
Expand the Product Stock Options panel.
In the Qty for Item's Status to Become Out of Stock field, change the number to what you want to trigger the out-of-stock message.
Save your changes.

Setting Configurable Items

Catalog / Manage Products

Change the simple items that make up the configurable item as above.

Move to Catalog / Manage Products .
Change your Type to Configurable Product and press Enter.
Click Select All above left of your products listing.
Under the actions drop down menu above right of your products, select Update Attributes .
Select Inventory under your Product Information .
Next to Enable Qty Increments , check the Change box .
Now, change your Enable Qty Increments box to Yes .
Save your changes.

TIP: If you want this to apply to only certain configurable items, you can use the other fields under Catalog / Manage Products to further filter your results.

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