(v1) Service Desk - Equipment

Equipment

Anytime a User wants to add a piece of Equipment to a Service Desk item, the User can do so on the Equipment tab. The first thing the User sees here is any Equipment that an SDC has already added if one has been applied.

To add additional Equipment to the Service Desk item, follow these steps:

1. Click the  button. 
2. The 'Add New Service Desk Equipment' form opens.
   
   
   • The User must first select an 'Action' for the Equipment; 'Add', 'Move', or 'Remove'.
   • A 'Quantity' must be selected. The following rules from the Equipment's Catalog apply:
     Assets and Cabling Equipment can ONLY have a Qty of 1.
     If the Equipment "Has Units", the Quantity displays "UOM".
   • If the User wants the Equipment to be billed, the 'Billable' flag needs to be selected.
3. Next the User must fill in the relevant information on the 'Details' tab.

A User can also set Equipment to 'Staged', 'Picked Up', or 'Complete' according to the same rules for Warehouse Actions from this form, as well if the Equipment was previously added and the User is editing it.

If a User selects an Override Expense GLA, that GLA will be displayed on the Service Desk Action's Equipment Tab.

Details

If the Status of the Equipment is set to 'Staged' or 'Completed', the 'Details' tab is set to read-only.

Expense Type

Equipment has the option to add an 'Expense Type' when selecting an Equipment Catalog on the Service Desk Equipment form. If there are multiple Expense Types specified on the Default Charges tab of the Equipment Catalog they will appear in the form. The Expense Type drop-down will dynamically display based on one of three possible states the Equipment Catalog may have.

These states are as follows:

No Expense Type

No Expense Type field will display This happens when there are no Default Charges associated with the Equipment Catalog.

Read-Only Expense Type

The Expense Type drop-down will display but will be read-only. This happens when there are one or more Default Charges associated with the Equipment Catalog with a single possible Expense Type. The specified Expense Type will be used automatically and no input is required from the User. 

Editable Expense Type 

The Expense Type drop-down will display and values can be selected.
 

Whatever Expense Type is selected will determine what Default Charge(s) are added to the Service Desk item. This allows for the appropriate Charges to be selected for the Equipment based on the Expense Type.

Replaced Equipment

The 'Replaced Equipment' picker allows the User to select any Equipment that is associated with a given Service and assign it to be automatically removed when the SD item is completed. This Picker only selects Equipment that is assigned to the Service that is selected.

The Replaced Equipment Picker auto-completes in two circumstances:

• The Equipment Catalog is an exact match for the Equipment that is already on the Service, AND there is only one matching Equipment record.
• When the Equipment Catalog is selected, if there is only one Equipment record on the Service, the Replaced Equipment Picker auto-completes if there are a sibling Equipment Catalog(s) in the Equipment Catalog hierarchy as well. This allows related Equipment to select for one another and saves a few clicks for the User.

Asset

When the Equipment is an 'Asset', two additional fields appear. This is the same functionality that is available to a User on the Warehouse Actions 'Manage Service Desk Equipment' form when the Equipment is an Asset.

• The 'Equipment' picker opens a form that allows the User to specify which particular Asset should be added from the Equipment Grid.
  
• The 'Asset Tag' field displays the Asset Tag of the Equipment if one has already been saved for the Equipment record. If there is no current Asset Tag, the User can enter an Asset Tag for the selected Equipment into the field. When the 'Manage Service Desk Equipment' form is saved, the record for the Equipment is updated to include the new Asset Tag.
• The button opens either the 'Add New' or 'Manage' version of the Equipment form.
  
  1. 'Add New Equipment' - allows the User to add a new Equipment record if none that are satisfactory can be found in the 'Equipment' picker.
  2. 'Manage Equipment' - allows the User to edit the Equipment specified in the 'Equipment' field on the Manage Service Desk Equipment form.

Cable

When the Equipment is 'Cabling Equipment', two additional fields appear. This is the same functionality that is available to a User on the Warehouse Actions 'Manage Service Desk Equipment' form when the Equipment is 'Cabling Equipment'.

• The 'Equipment' picker opens a form that allows the User to specify which particular Cable should be added from the Equipment Grid.
  
• The 'Equipment ID' field displays the Equipment ID of the Equipment if one has already been saved for the Equipment record. If there is no current Equipment ID, the User can enter an Equipment ID for the selected Equipment into the field. When the 'Manage Service Desk Equipment' form is saved, the record for the Equipment is updated to include the new Equipment ID.
  
• Thebutton opens either the 'Add New' or 'Manage' version of the Equipment form.
  
  1. 'Add New Equipment' - allows the User to add a new Equipment record if none that are satisfactory can be found in the 'Equipment' picker.
  2. 'Manage Equipment' - allows the User to edit the Equipment specified in the 'Equipment' field on the Manage Service Desk Equipment form.

Equipment Status

The Service Desk Equipment form displays the Stock Availability indicator when the Equipment Action is 'Add'. This indicator provides a visual reference for the User to know if the Inventory is available based on the Qty, Equipment Catalog, and From Warehouse.

When there is enough Inventory in the selected From Warehouse then the Availability Indicator will reflect .
When there is enough Inventory in the selected Warehouse to fulfill the Order, but the Inventory Qty is below the Reorder Threshold then the Availability Indicator will reflect .
If there is not enough Inventory in the selected From Warehouse than the Availability Indicator will reflect . 

If the User forgets to specify the From Location on the Service Desk Equipment form and selects an Equipment Catalog, then the  indicator will appear in the Availability column of the picker.  The No Location indicator only appears on the Equipment Catalog picker form when the From Warehouse is blank on the parent Service Desk Equipment form.

Activity

The 'Activity' tab is a record of the Equipment as it moves from Pending to Staged. When Equipment is Staged/Picked Up/Completed, the Location the Equipment was pulled from is shown as a record on this tab. This record assists with tracking where Equipment originated from. Reports can be generated from this tab for a full accounting of all of the Equipment records.