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Connect WMS Sandbox to Katana

Import WMS Sandbox orders and products, push sales orders for fulfillment, and track stock and inbound shipments.

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Written by Argo Ohvril

What the Katana–WMS Sandbox integration does

WMS Sandbox is a mocked warehouse management system environment for testing and development. It includes sample orders, inventory, products, and other warehouse data, so you can test an integration without affecting production data.

By connecting Katana with WMS Sandbox, you can:

  • Import orders as sales orders: Each WMS Sandbox order becomes a Katana sales order, and shipped packages arrive as fulfillments with carrier and tracking details.

  • Send sales orders for fulfillment: A Katana sales order is sent to WMS Sandbox as an outbound order when it reaches the Ready for fulfillment status.

  • Import products by SKU: Products match existing Katana products by SKU, and SKU aliases bridge mismatched SKUs.

  • See stock levels: WMS Sandbox stock appears as read-only external inventory at each mapped Katana location.

  • Track inbound shipments: Each inbound shipment becomes a Katana stock transfer that updates as stock is received.

sync diagram showing Katana and WMS Sandbox side by side: arrows from WMS Sandbox to Katana labeled orders and fulfillments with tracking, products by SKU, read-only inventory, and inbound shipments as stock transfers; one arrow from Katana to WMS Sandbox labeled sales orders at Ready for fulfillment

Before you start

  • An active WMS Sandbox account.

  • The credentials the Katana connection form asks for, taken from your WMS Sandbox account. See How to find your WMS Sandbox credentials.

  • A Katana account with permission to manage integrations.

Connect WMS Sandbox to Katana

  1. In Katana, open the Integrations page and find the WMS Sandbox tile.

  2. Click Connect.

  3. Enter the credentials the connection form asks for, then confirm.

    the Katana WMS Sandbox connection form showing its credential input fields and the confirm button

  4. After WMS Sandbox approves the connection, the configuration screen opens on the Location tab. The integration status shows Connected with Sync inactive, and an Activate sync button appears in the header. Map each WMS Sandbox warehouse to its own Katana location. Click Add to Katana to create a new location automatically.

    the Location tab of the WMS Sandbox configuration screen listing partner warehouses, each mapped to a Katana location, with Add to Katana and Remove options, status Connected and Sync inactive, and the Activate sync button in the header

  5. Click Activate sync to start syncing data with WMS Sandbox. Nothing syncs until you do this.

How your daily workflow looks

  1. A Katana sales order reaches Ready for fulfillment and is sent to WMS Sandbox as an outbound order.

  2. WMS Sandbox picks, packs, and ships the order.

  3. Orders and their status changes import into Katana. Each shipped package arrives as a fulfillment with carrier and tracking details.

  4. Inbound shipments become stock transfers and update as stock is received.

  5. WMS Sandbox stock levels update as read-only external inventory at your mapped locations.

  6. You plan purchasing and production in Katana using current orders and stock.

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