How can I separate Available and On Hand inventory tabs?

Topic summary

Request to decouple inventory counts so “On Hand” (actual physical stock) and “Available” (quantity offered for sale) can differ. The poster wants to keep, for example, 10 units on hand while setting a lower available number, but currently both tabs auto-sync to the same value.

Key needs:

  • Ability to unlink/separate the two tabs or adjust them independently.
  • Produce a monthly “on hand” stock report for an accountant without affecting what’s available for sale.

Clarification sought:

  • Whether a setting or workflow exists to prevent the two counts from mirroring each other.
  • If the dual tabs have distinct functions the user may be missing.

Status/outcome:

  • No solution or settings provided in the thread yet. The question remains open with no confirmed method to separate the counts.
Summarized with AI on January 4. AI used: gpt-5.

Hi - how can I seperate / unlink the Available and On Hand tabs in inventory? I am wanting to have say 10 items on hand (actual stock) but keep a reduced Available number for actual sale. Currently they adjust to the same number which seems pointless having 2 tabs or am I missing something. I need to be able to send a monthly on hand report to my accountant for tracking… Thanks in advance for any help.