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Supply Chain & Retail Solutions user guide

Data requirements

Prepare and deliver the required data for the UiPath Inventory Management solution, including product, location, stock, and demand datasets.

This page lists the data Inventory Management needs and what each dataset is used for. To connect your systems and load this data into the platform, see Data ingestion.

The solution works from data you already have — orders, products, inventory positions, purchase orders, transfers, pricing, and planning parameters. During onboarding these are mapped and ingested from your existing systems (such as your ERP, planning tools, or data warehouse); you don't create or edit them in the solution.

The solution then uses them to understand demand, evaluate inventory positions and constraints, and generate replenishment recommendations for you to review and act on.

How the solution uses your data

  • Orders data reveal demand — the solution uses them to understand demand patterns and volatility across products and locations.
  • Products and inventory positions establish what you stock and where it stands now.
  • Purchase orders and transfers show incoming and in-transit supply that feeds replenishment decisions.
  • Pricing and planning parameters set the constraints and guardrails the recommendations must respect.

Required datasets

The following datasets are required to run Inventory Management. Datasets marked Optional add extra signal where you have the data.

Business data categoryDescriptionDataset(s) in this guide
Product dataDefines the items that are planned and managed by the solution.Products dataset
Location dataDefines the locations where inventory is held, replenished, or planned.Locations dataset
Inventory position dataProvides current on-hand and in-transit inventory quantities by product and location.Stock dataset
Demand historyProvides historical demand or consumption data used to understand demand patterns over time.Customer orders dataset
Replenishment parametersDefines planning inputs such as lead times, reorder policies, or replenishment constraints.Order parameters dataset
Service-level targets or business objectivesDefines target service levels or objectives used to evaluate trade-offs between availability and inventory cost.Order parameters dataset (service_level field)
Inbound supply dataRepresents incoming stock from suppliers or internal transfers used to project future inventory availability.Purchase orders dataset
Transfers dataset
Financial context dataProvides cost and price information used to assess the financial impact of inventory decisions.Pricing dataset
Supplier metadataDefines suppliers associated with replenishment and sourcing activities.Suppliers dataset
Sales historyOptional. Provides aggregated daily sales as an alternative or complement to customer orders for demand analysis.Sales dataset
Manufacturing supplyOptional. Represents historical and planned manufacturing orders used to project future inventory availability.Manufacturing orders dataset
Demand forecastOptional. Pre-computed demand forecasts, where the customer already produces their own.Forecast dataset
Additional product attributesOptional. Tenant-specific product attributes in key-value format.Product extra dataset
Product lifecycleOptional. Active date ranges for products at locations, including discontinuation dates.SKU calendar dataset
  • How the solution uses your data
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