---
alias: user-guide-return-inventory
description: "Initiates the process of returning inventory from one location to a warehouse"
---

# Return Inventory

:lock: MaterialTransfer.**RequestForInventoryReturn**

## Overview

This operation is used to **Return Inventory** from the current location to a warehouse.

## Setup

No special setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* Both the *SourceFacility* and *TargetFacility* must exist and be *Active* and *SourceFacility* must be different from *TargetFacility*.
* The **Product** referenced in the **Material Transfer** must be *Active* and the *MaterialTransferMode* must be *TransferInventory*.
* The *ToFacility* must be defined and it must not be a *Remote Facility*.
* If the *FromStep* is defined, it must have the *IsMaterial* *TransferStep* set to true.

## Sequence of Steps

### Step 1: Details

1. Select a **Material** and click the **Material Transfer Return Inventory** button to initialize the wizard.
2. Optionally, select a *From Step*.
3. Select a *To Facility* and optionally, a *To Area*.
4. Select a *Product* and a *Quantity*.
5. Select the *Urgency*  (values are taken from the generic table *MaterialTransferUrgency*). When the *Urgency* is selected, the request delivery date is automatically set, based on the current date, in addition to the predefined *DefaultDeliveryTime* for that *Urgency* (in minutes).
6. Optionally, modify the request's delivery date.
7. Select a *Return* reason (defined in the lookup table *MaterialTransferReturnReason*).
8. Optionally, enter a comment.
9. Press **Request** to complete the transaction.

![return_inventory_material_transfer][return_inventory_material_transfer]

!!! info
	It is possible to define a default value for the *ToFacility*, by adding the entry *Context=MaterialTransfer.ForInventoryReturn*, *Element=DefaultFacility* in the Generic Table *GUIElementDefaultValue*.

[return_inventory_material_transfer]: images/return_inventory_material_transfer.png