--- title: "🗂️ Stocktake Essentials Part 2: Creating Your Stocktake Batch" description: Create a stocktake batch in Convenience. Learn about batch numbers, Zero Items feature, and filtering options for efficient stock counting. --- [Skip to content](https://help.futurenet.com.au/creating-your-stocktake-batch#main-content) [![FNET Logo](https://help.futurenet.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/fnet_logo_isolated-1.png?width=50&height=50&name=fnet_logo_isolated-1.png)](https://www.futurenet.com.au) Open main navigation Close main navigation How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Future Net Help & Support](https://help.futurenet.com.au/?hsLang=en-au) 2. [Stocktake](https://help.futurenet.com.au/stocktake?hsLang=en-au) 3. [Stocktake Entry](https://help.futurenet.com.au/stocktake?hsLang=en-au#stocktake-entry) 2 January 2026 # 🗂️ Stocktake Essentials Part 2: Creating Your Stocktake Batch A stocktake batch is where you'll record all your counted stock. You'll create batch 1 specifically for stocktake, and optionally use the Zero Items feature to pre-populate items. --- ### Creating the Batch 1. Navigate to the **Stocktake** tab and select **Stocktake Entry** 2. Click **Add** 3. In the batch creation dialog, type **1** in the batch number field ![](https://help.futurenet.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Dec-31-2025-04-51-24-6260-AM.png?width=342&height=163&name=image-png-Dec-31-2025-04-51-24-6260-AM.png) ⚠️ **Important**: Only use batch 1 for stocktake. Batch numbers 2+ are for previewing and printing valuation reports.  Before clicking **OK** to create the batch, you have two optional features available in the dialog: #### Zero Items Feature You can enable **Zero Items** to add all store items with a count of 0. As you count items, the 0 count will be overwritten. Uncounted items will remain at 0. **When to use Zero Items:** - You want items not counted to be set to 0 stock - You need to clear negative stock items *(Use Only load items with negative On Hand)* - You're doing a complete store count ![](https://help.futurenet.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Dec-31-2025-04-51-46-9271-AM.png?width=343&height=108&name=image-png-Dec-31-2025-04-51-46-9271-AM.png) #### Filtering Options If you enable **Zero Items**, you can also filter which items to include by: - Departments - Sub-Departments - Groups - Suppliers This is helpful if you want to stocktake one department at a time, such as Cigarettes & Tobacco for Automatic Ordering setup. ![](https://help.futurenet.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Dec-31-2025-04-52-36-3454-AM.png?width=121&height=183&name=image-png-Dec-31-2025-04-52-36-3454-AM.png) Once you've configured your options, click **OK** to create the batch. ![](https://help.futurenet.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Dec-31-2025-04-50-32-9415-AM.png?width=422&height=293&name=image-png-Dec-31-2025-04-50-32-9415-AM.png) --- ### Next Steps Your stocktake batch is created and ready for items to be added. 👉 [➕ Stocktake Essentials Part 3: Adding Items to Your Stocktake](https://help.futurenet.com.au/adding-items-to-your-stocktake?hsLang=en-au)   - 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