Assign a Location to a Loan or Buy
This article explains how to assign or update the location of an item in a Loan or Buy transaction. Location assignments help track inventory within your store, especially for items moved between departments or storage areas.
Date Updated: 3/3/2025
When doing a Loan or Buy transaction, the store has the option to assign a Warehouse Location. This article will cover the the steps to assign a location for those transactions that do not have one.
- To see your list of locations, go to Systems Configuration and select the Store Locations Tab.
The associate must have the right security permission to assign a location to a Loan or Buy.
- To verify this permission or enable it, go to System Configuration > Employees
- Select the employee > Security Tab > Tasks > Pawn Tasks. The Locate Loan/Buy task must be set to Allowed.
The Dashboard will have a button called Locate Loan/Buy. If there is a red bubble on this button those are the number of loans or buys that do not have a Location set.

- Click on the Locate Loan/Buy button to see the list of loans and buys transactions that need a location set.
Only active loans or buys will be on this list. Any item that has been redeemed or put into Inventory will be removed from the list.
- You can select one or multiple transactions at a time.
- On the left panel, click the drop down under Location to pick the item's location. You can also type the location name here.
- Once done, select Save on right.
- Select Yes on the confirmation pop up and then the system will be returned to the Dashboard.