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Types and items

Types

Section titled “Types”

A type describes a kind of thing you track: Drone, GPS Module, Battery, Ground Station. Each type has:

  • Name, icon and category. Categories group types on the Types page and can be renamed in place.

  • Prefix. The prefix for item codes. A type with prefix gps produces gps_001, gps_002, …

  • Labels. The fields every item of this type carries. Supported field types:

    Field type Example
    Text Serial number, firmware version
    Number (with optional unit) Capacity: 5000 mAh
    Choice Model: M8N / M9N
    Date Calibrated on
    Yes / no Has propeller guards

    A label can be marked required.

  • Components. The slots an item of this type expects, such as “1 GPS Module, 2 Batteries”.

  • Documents and comments that apply to every item of the type.

Items

Section titled “Items”

An item is one physical thing, an instance of a type. It has:

Property Notes
Code Assigned automatically from the type prefix and a counter: drone_001. Also the URL of its page (/items/drone_001) and its QR label (/i/drone_001).
Name Optional, for example “North site drone”.
Status One of five statuses.
Labels Values for the type’s labels.
Custodian The person the item is entrusted to. See Custody.
Location Free text.
Parent The item it is installed in, if any.
Watchers People notified about comments and changes.

Items can be created one at a time or in bulk. Bulk creation reserves consecutive codes.