You can keep track of interesting states of your equipment by using Flags.
Creating Item Flags for your account
- Go to your Settings in the bottom left corner of your screen
- Click Flags
- Find the default flags already available for your account
- Click Actions to edit or delete one of the default flags
- Click Add flag in the top-right corner to create a new flag
- Write the name of the new flag
- Add a description and choose a color
- Decide if this flag will make the item available or unavailable for bookings
- Click Add
Using flags
(Un)flagging your equipment
- Click Items, then click an Item
- In the header, select a flag
- Or you can also clear the flag
- When flagging an item, users are required to fill in a message field to describe the problem and they can upload a picture to illustrate the problem
You can find these messages in the history timeline of the item:
Flagging your equipment in bulk
When multiple items need to be flagged at the same time, you can use the bulk feature.
- Go to your Item list in table view
- Select the Items you'd like to change by checking the box on the left side
- Go to 'Bulk actions' and choose 'Edit Items'
- Scroll down to the Flag section and choose the flag
- Use the eraser to clear item's flags in bulk
Finding back flagged equipment
- Click Items
- Click the advanced search icon to open the panel
- Select a flag to filter the results
Flagged equipment on the Dashboard
- Click Dashboard
- Use the Items by flag chart
- Click a flag to filter Items
Important
Since scheduling maintenance is usually reserved for a few team members only, you can control which contacts will be able to plan maintenance and repair.
- Go to the Contact page of the team member who is in charge of maintenance
- Click on the Info tab
- Select Maintenance/Repair
Only the team members who have this turned on will be able to schedule maintenance for your flagged items.
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