Use of location tracking for US: State and Foreign: Country and Region

Thanks for reaching out to us here, Laura H1.

Let me share some info about your concern. 

When you enable the Multiple Inventory Site from the Preferences, QuickBooks uses the inventory site address (Address, City, State/Province, Postal Code, and Country/Region).

If you use an inventory site as the Ship To address, QuickBooks automatically fills in the address for you.

To learn more about the location tracking for your inventory items, you can check out these articles:

• Set up Advanced Inventory
• Multiple Inventory Sites
• How to manage multiple inventory locations with Advanced Inventory

If you have more questions related to inventories or need help with other concerns, please let me know in your reply below. I'll be around to help you out again. Take care.

Will we be able to pull a report that tells us sales by location using this data?

Yes, you can pull up location tracking reports in QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT), and I'm here to show you how, @Laura H1.

When you turn on Advanced Inventory and enable the Multiple Inventory Site feature from the Preferences, you can track inventory stored at different sites or locations in QBDT. Then with the data you have, QuickBooks can tell you your sales by location by pulling up the Inventory Sales by Site report. To do this, here's how:

1. Go to the Reports menu.
2. Select Sales, then Inventory Sales by Site. 
3. Set the Dates (From and To).
4. Customize the report if necessary by selecting the Customize Report button. 

To know other site-specific reports (i.e., inventory status and list per site) in QBDT, I'd recommend checking out this article: Multiple Inventory Sites. It also includes details about assigning and selling items you purchase to and from a specific location and building assemblies, to name a few.

Also, QBDT provides a variety of reports that cater to your business needs and displays them based on a set of instructions known as a Report set. To know more about this and see the complete list of available reports, you can refer to this article: Understand reports.

Please don't hesitate to let me know in the comments if you have other reporting and managing sales by location concerns in QBDT. I'll gladly help. Take care, and I wish you continued success, @Laura H1.