Offline Mode
Beam is designed to work even when your internet connection is unavailable or unreliable. Offline mode ensures that your warehouse operations are never interrupted by connectivity issues.
How It Works
Beam maintains a local copy of your organization's data on each device. When you make changes while online, they are saved to the server immediately. When you are offline, changes are saved locally on your device and automatically synchronized with the server as soon as connectivity is restored.
Working Offline
When your device loses its internet connection, the connection indicator in Beam changes to show that you are working in offline mode. You can continue using all core features without interruption:
- View items and their details.
- View orders and order information.
- Browse locations and location maps.
- Create new items.
- Create new orders.
- Scan barcodes, RFID tags, and QR codes.
- Pick orders scanned items are added to the pick buffer as normal.
- Perform stock takes counted items are recorded locally.
All changes made while offline are queued locally on your device and will be sent to the server automatically when the connection is restored.
Syncing
When your device reconnects to the internet, Beam automatically begins synchronizing queued changes with the server. This process runs in the background and does not require any action from you. The connection indicator will return to its normal state once synchronization is complete.
Conflict Handling
In rare cases, the same record may be modified on multiple devices while they are offline. When this happens, Beam resolves conflicts by using the most recent server version. This means that the last change to reach the server takes precedence.