Item Library: On Order/Pending status and filters separate from Sold Out

I own Freethinker’s General Store and add new merchandise to Square’s Item Library before it arrives. New items awaiting their first delivery show Sold Out in red at zero inventory, just like older items that have actually sold through. Restocks awaiting delivery are mixed into the same group.

When I review items with stock below 1, I need to separate incoming merchandise from older sold-out items that may be ready to archive. Checking each item and purchase order individually makes catalog cleanup time-consuming.

Requested behavior in the desktop Square Dashboard Item Library:

1. Show a distinct On Order/Pending status for an item variation with an outstanding quantity on an open purchase order, including items that have never been received. A manual Pending flag would also help with new catalog items entered before a purchase order is created.
2. Display the remaining unreceived quantity alongside the on-hand quantity. Items can have stock on hand and additional units on order at the same time. Partially received orders should reflect only the outstanding balance; fully received or canceled orders should no longer count as incoming.
3. Make the status and incoming quantity filterable, so I can review stock below 1 with incoming units separately from stock below 1 with no incoming units. The latter would be a list to review for possible archiving.

For example, a new item with 0 on hand and 6 on order should be identifiable as On Order/Pending, while an older item with 0 on hand and nothing incoming would remain in the sold-out review group.

I have added comments to these related requests about visibility of on-order quantities:
https://community.squareup.com/t5/Feature-Requests/Expected-Inbound-On-Order-Stock/idi-p/820411
https://community.squareup.com/t5/Feature-Requests/Desktop-Dashboard-Show-quot-On-Order-quot-purchas...

This request adds the specific need for a distinct stock status and filters for catalog cleanup. It concerns internal Item Library management, not customer-facing preorders. Is there an existing setting or workaround that already provides this distinction? If not, please consider this enhancement.

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