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Asset Additonal Fields

You can define your own organization specific fields that need to appear in the new asset form apart from the default fields. You can add Text fields, Numeric fields and Date/Time fields as additional fields.

Adding Asset Additional Fields

  1. Click on Admin tab in the header pane.

  2. Click Assets Additional Fields icon in the Configuration Wizard page. This opens Assets – Additional Fields page.

Add Additional Fields

To add a new additional field,

  • Click on ‘Add New Field’ on the top right hand side.

  • Provide the Field Name, Field Type and Description.

  • If you wish to add any default values for these fields, you can enter the same in the text box provided.

  • Click Save to save the settings.

Once the new additional field is configured, you are prompted with a message that the new field has been added successfully. While adding text fields, you can choose a single line text field, multiple line text box, and a drop down menu list. Select Single Line, Multi-line, or Pick List from the Field Type drop down accordingly.

View Additional Fields

To view the various additional fields configured,

  • Go to the Asset Additional Fields page in the Asset Block under Admin.

  • Select the required field type( Text,Numeric,Date/Time) from the ‘Showing fields by data type’ dropdown.

  • The list of additional fields of that field type will be displayed.

Edit Additional Field

To edit an additional field,

  • Go to the Asset Additional Fields page in the Asset Block under Admin..

  • List the additional fields that you wish to edit.

  • Click on the edit po icon before the additional field you want to edit.

  • Edit the required details.

  • Click Save to save the settings.

Note
: Please note that you would be able to convert a single line text field to a multi line text field and viceversa. For date and numeric fields, you would only be able to edit the name of the field.

Delete Additional Field

To delete an additional field,

  • Go to the Asset Additional Fields page in the Asset Block under Admin.

  • List the additional fields that you wish to delete.

  • Click on the delete poicon before the additional field you want to delete.

  • You will be prompted with a confirmation message. Click OK.

  • The additional field will be deleted successfully.

 

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