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--- other_stuff:virtual_stores [2026/05/11 14:31] – [Preferences tab] Gary Willetts
+++ other_stuff:virtual_stores [2026/09/03 00:01] (current) – [Deleting a store] Mark Glover
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-This new store will inherit the same user and group permissions (but not login permissions!) as the store which you are logged in to when you execute it.  It is therefore worth logging in to a store that has similar user and group permissions to those that you want to have in the new store.  Often the supplying store will be a suitable store for this purpose.
+This new store will inherit the same user and group permissions, but //not// user login permissions, as the store //which you are logged in to// when you create the new store.  It is therefore worth logging in to a store that has similar user and group permissions to those that you want to have in the new store.  Often the supplying store will be a suitable store for this purpose.
-As noted above, in a syncing system you must be logged into the central server to create a new store - it will be synced to any site where it is visible to any stores active on that site (which will also include the supplying store). When a store is created, it is made active on the central server by default - see [[synchronisation:sync_sites|sync sites]] if you want to move it to (make it active on) another site.
+As noted above, in a syncing system you must be logged into the central server to create a new store.  It will be made active on the central server - see [[synchronisation:sync_sites|sync sites]] if you want to move it to (make it active on) another site.
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-If you want to create the store for an existing customer, don't follow the rest of the instructions here.  Refer to [[other_stuff:virtual_stores#transition_a_customer_to_a_virtual_store|Transition a customer to a virtual store]].
+The instructions here are for creating a store that is //not already configured as a customer// in your system.  In most cases, you will be creating a store for an existing customer.  In this is the case, //don't follow the rest of the instructions here//.  Refer to [[other_stuff:virtual_stores#transition_a_customer_to_a_virtual_store|Transition a customer to a virtual store]].
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 ==== Deleting a store ====
-To delete a store, click on the //Delete// button in the View stores window. **Note:** deletion of a store is a serious thing to do and is only possible when that store contains zero stock and there have been no transactions recorded.  mSupply will check and tell you that deletion is not possible if these criteria are not met.  In other words, you can only delete a store that has never been used!  If these criteria are not met and you still want to stop people using the store, then you can [[other_stuff:virtual_stores#disable_this_store|disable it - see above]].
+To delete a store, click on the //Delete// button in the View stores window.
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+Deletion of a store is a serious thing to do and is only possible when that store contains zero stock and there have been no transactions recorded within the store.  In other words, you can only delete a store that has //never// been used!  mSupply will check and tell you that deletion is not possible if these criteria are not met.  If these criteria are not met and you still want to stop people using the store, then you can [[other_stuff:virtual_stores#disable_this_store|disable it - see above]].
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-If the store is **Active** on another site, then this process will not delete the site.
+  * Deleting the store will not delete the Name associated with the store.  That is, it will revert to being a Facility (non-store).
+  * If the store is **Active** on another site, then this process will not delete the site.
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