If the item is in response to a purchase order, associated with a special order, it is a bulk item, or if you have a multistore environment, the Allocate window will appear.  This tells The Edge what to do with the item: assign to a particular store, increase bulk quantities, assign it to a special order, etc. 

To allocate an item, when prompted: 

1. Add or receive the item as needed. When appropriate, the Allocate window will appear.
   
   
   Fields and information in the Allocate window include:

   Cost	Cost of the total quantity of items in the line item.
   Invoice #	The invoice number associated with the item order.
   Description	Description of the item.
   Style Note	Text added to the style number that will help identify the item. For example, it might be stone type, size, etc.
   Allocate	Quantity of this item to allocate to this store or special order.
   Price Each	Price of the item to the customer.
   Ordered	Quantity on order from purchase order for this store or special order.
   Customer/Store	The special order customer or store for this allocation line.
   Entered	Date the item was entered for special order at POS.
   Ready By	Date the order is to be available.
   Promised	ETA date is firm, not an estimate.

   
    
2. Enter the number/quantity of that item to be allocated to each store. 
3. Select OK. You will be returned to the add item process you were in.