A loss that does not come from a normal operation - wine left in the filter and hoses, a leak, wine poured for tasting - is recorded as its own entry, not scribbled in the margin of a batch card.
Where: WineryElf menu → Vessels → pick a vessel → More → Loss
Recording a loss
- Enter the volume in litres. Below the field you see the vessel content before and after the loss.
- Pick a reason: filtration, bottling, failure / leak, tasting and sampling, evaporation or other. With “other”, describe what happened; for the rest the description is optional.
- Check the event date and save.
What happens next
The loss reduces the vessel content, appears in the history with its reason and goes onto the batch card printout as a separate line in the “Losses” table. Vessel content is calculated as the filled volume minus losses and samples taken, plus top-ups - counted only for the batch currently in the vessel.
Guard rails
- You cannot record a loss larger than the vessel content. If no volume was given when filling, the vessel capacity is the limit.
- The loss date cannot precede the day the batch entered the vessel, so every loss on the batch card is also visible in the vessel balance.
Example
You punctured the bottom of a tank and roughly 20 litres ran out. Record a 20 L loss with the reason “failure / leak” and the note “punctured tank bottom”. An inspector sees what happened and when, and the vessel balance adds up.