--- title: "Weekly Auto Repost" space: "ERPNext" url: "https://docs.frappe.io/erpnext/weekly-auto-repost" updated: "2026-07-01" --- # Auto Repost of Incorrect Stock Valuation in ERPNext --- ## 1. What is this feature? Sometimes the stock value recorded against an item can become **incorrect**. This usually happens when several stock transactions for the **same item and warehouse** are entered very close together (or backdated), and the system ends up calculating the stock value from the wrong earlier transaction. When this happens: - The **stock value** shown in your reports doesn’t match what it should be, **or** - The **stock value** and the **accounting value** (your inventory ledger in the General Ledger) no longer agree. Normally, fixing this means a person has to open the relevant reports, spot the wrong entries, and manually trigger a “repost” to recalculate them. **This feature automates that clean-up.** Once you switch it on, the system **checks your stock every week** and, where it finds incorrect values **in the current financial year**, it **automatically reposts the affected items** to correct them — no manual effort required. --- ## 2. When should you use it? Turn this on if **any** of the following are true for your business: - You enter a **high volume** of stock transactions, especially many for the same items and warehouses. - You frequently make **backdated** or **corrective** stock entries. - You’ve previously found mismatches in the **Stock Ledger Variance** report or the **Stock and Account Value Comparison** report and had to fix them by hand. - You want **stock value and accounting value to stay reconciled** without someone checking every week. When **not** to rely on it: - If you only have a **small number** of stock transactions and rarely see valuation issues, you may not need it (you can still turn it on for peace of mind — it simply does nothing when there’s nothing to fix). - It is **not** a replacement for correct setup. If the underlying configuration is wrong (see Section 6), the feature will **tell you** rather than silently repost. --- ## 3. What exactly does it check and fix? Every week the system looks at two standard reports for **each company**: | Report | What it catches | | -------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Stock Ledger Variance** | Items whose stock quantity/value has become internally inconsistent (the “wrong previous transaction” problem). | | **Stock and Account Value Comparison** | Vouchers where the **stock value** does not match the **accounting value** posted to the inventory account. | For anything it finds **in the current financial year**, it automatically creates a **repost** to recalculate and correct the values. **Important:** it only acts on the **current financial year**. Older periods are intentionally left untouched (they are usually closed/audited, and reposting them could disturb finalised accounts). If you need to correct a previous year, do that manually and deliberately. --- ## 4. How to turn it on (step by step) 1. In the search bar, go to **Stock Reposting Settings**. 2. Find the section **Auto Reposting of Incorrect Valuation**. 3. Tick the checkbox **“Auto Repost Incorrect Valuation Entries (Weekly)”**. 4. **Save**. That’s it. The feature is **off by default**, so nothing happens until you tick this box. Once ticked, it runs **automatically once a week** in the background — you don’t need to start it manually. To turn it off again, simply un-tick the box and Save. --- ## 5. What happens after it runs? - The system quietly creates **Repost Item Valuation** entries for the items/vouchers that need correcting. These run in the background and update the stock values. - You can review what was reposted by opening the **Repost Item Valuation** list. - It is designed to be **safe to run repeatedly**: it will not create duplicate reposts for something that is already being corrected. You generally don’t need to do anything — corrected values will simply appear once the reposts finish. --- ## 6. The one thing it can’t fix on its own — and how you’ll know Some mismatches are **not** caused by calculation order, but by a **setup mistake**: a **warehouse is linked to the wrong type of account**. For inventory accounting to work, a warehouse must be linked to an account whose **Account Type is “Stock”**. If a warehouse points to some other kind of account (for example a normal expense or receivable account), then **no amount of reposting will ever make the values match** — the problem is the configuration, not the calculation. When the feature detects this situation, it does **not** waste time reposting. Instead it **sends a notification to the System Manager** describing: - which voucher is affected, - which warehouse is involved, and - which account is set incorrectly. **What to do if you receive this notification:** 1. Open the **Warehouse** mentioned in the message. 2. Check the **Account** linked to it. 3. Make sure that account’s **Account Type is “Stock”** (or link the warehouse to the correct Stock account). 4. Save. The next weekly run (or a manual repost) can then reconcile the values. --- ## 7. Good to know (limitations & tips) - **Journal Entries are never auto-reposted.** ERPNext does not repost Journal Entries, so any stock/account difference caused by a manual Journal Entry to an inventory account will **not** be touched by this feature. Review and correct those manually. - **Current financial year only.** Older periods are deliberately skipped. - **Runs weekly.** It is a scheduled clean-up, not an instant fix. If you need an urgent correction, you can still trigger a repost manually as before. - **Large companies:** the weekly check examines every item-warehouse, so on very large databases it runs as a background task and may take a while — this is normal and does not slow down day-to-day work. - **Notifications may repeat:** if a wrongly-configured warehouse account is not fixed, you may receive the same notification on the following week’s run until it is corrected. --- ## 8. Quick FAQ **Q: Will it change my accounts or stock without telling me?** It corrects stock **valuation** by reposting (the standard, supported way ERPNext recalculates stock value). It only acts on genuinely incorrect entries in the current year. For configuration problems it **notifies** rather than changing anything. **Q: Is it safe to leave on permanently?** Yes. When there’s nothing wrong, it simply finds nothing and does nothing. **Q: Can I see what it did?** Yes — check the **Repost Item Valuation** list to see the reposts that were created. **Q: I turned it on but nothing happened.** It runs on a **weekly schedule**, not immediately. Also, if your stock values are already correct, there’s nothing for it to do. **Q: Who gets the “wrong account” notification?** Users with the **System Manager** role.