# Other Actions in Stock Adjustments

Reversing, attaching evidence, and the report that turns a pile of adjustments into a question worth asking somebody.

![The overflow menu on an open stock adjustment, reached from the three-dot button in the record's toolbar. It offers Clone, and in red at the foot Delete.](https://www.sorviai.com/help/stock-adjustments/stock-adjustment-actions-menu.png)

*There is no reverse and no void. Cloning is how you build the opposite entry.*

## Reversing an adjustment

There is no undo and no void: the overflow menu offers only **Clone** and **Delete**. Record an opposite adjustment referencing the original, and pick a reason that says what happened. **System Error Correction** is the closest of the reasons supplied; **Physical Count Discrepancy** fits a recount. Cloning the original and flipping the quantities is the quickest way to build it. Both documents stay visible, which is the point: the record shows that a mistake was made and then fixed, rather than showing nothing at all.

> **Warning:**
>
> **Do not delete history to tidy it**
>
> An adjustment that was wrong and a correction that fixed it are two true facts. A clean-looking ledger with one of them missing is a less useful ledger.

## Evidence

- Attach the **count sheet** to a stocktake adjustment. It is what an auditor asks for.
- Attach **photographs** to a damage adjustment, especially if you intend to claim from a carrier or a supplier.
- Notes on the adjustment are internal and searchable. Use them for who counted and who authorised.
- Attachments appear in Documents, linked back to the adjustment.

## Reading the pattern

Run the Stock Movement report filtered to adjustments, monthly. One item appearing repeatedly is the interesting result, and it almost always means something upstream is broken rather than that the item is unlucky.

| Pattern | Usually means |
| --- | --- |
| One item, always short | Receives entered at the wrong quantity, or theft. |
| One location, always short | A process problem at that site. |
| Always found after a delivery | The purchase receive is being skipped or guessed. |
| Always at month end | Somebody is balancing to a target rather than counting. |
| Large write-downs on one line | Buying more than you sell. A purchasing question. |