How to manage product reservations in Odoo?

May 19, 2025 by
Олена Кирилюк
Why is the product displayed as unavailable if it is in stock?

In the Odoo system, a situation may arise when creating:

  • customer order,
  • production order,
  • or moving between warehouses

The product is displayed as unavailable, although it is actually in stock.


Reason: This situation occurs due to automatic reservation of goods for other operations. That is, the goods are physically available, but are already "reserved" for another movement or order.


How do I check where an item is reserved?
  1. Go to the document that displays the product availability issue.
  2. Click on the icon next to the quantity of the product – “View forecast”:

​3. In the window that opens, you will see:

    • The actual quantity of goods in stock;
    • Reserved quantity;
    • Links to documents in which the product is reserved.


How to cancel a reservation?

To cancel a reservation for an order, click the "Cancel Reservation" button in the report:

 

If the document is no longer relevant (shipment from the warehouse is not planned) - cancel it completely.



After canceling the document, it is clear that the reservation of the product will also be automatically canceled.

 

How do I re-reserve items?
  1. Open the required warehouse document.
  2. Click the "Check Availability" button.

​2. Система спробує знову зарезервувати доступні позиції товарів.



How does automatic booking work?

After confirmation:

  • customer order,
  • production,
  • moving between warehouses —

Odoo automatically creates a warehouse document, which reserves the available goods in the warehouse.