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Object Maintenance - General tab

Use the General tab to view and edit the general details that have been recorded for an object.

Opening the General tab

Object Maintenance - General tab key fields and buttons

Fields

Field

Description

Number

Unique identifier of the object.

Parent Number

Unique identifier of the parent object.

Active checkbox

Indicates whether the object is Active or Not Active.

Note: This is a display-only field. To change an object's active status, use the buttons described below.

Master Object

Select to create a master object for a set of identical objects. For example, a class set of identical text books.

Description

Description of the object.

Object Type

Object type. See Maintaining object types.

On Loan

Number of child objects on loan.

Total Child Objects

Total number of child objects under the selected Master object class set.

Category

Object category. See Maintaining object types.

Model

Model number of the object.

Serial

Serial number of the object.

Barcode

Barcode of the object.

Room

Room in which the object is stored.

Phone Extension

Phone extension or phone number for the object.

Quantity

Quantity of the object.

For example, if there are a number of similar curtains in a room, a general Curtain object is created for all the curtains and the quantity recorded in this field.

Acquired Date

Date that the object was acquired.

Asset Number

Asset number of the object. If an asset number has been defined the description of the object is displayed next to this field.

Asset Database

The asset database for this object. This is a read-only field which is populated from the Asset Maintenance program.

Status

Current status of the object.

For example, On Loan.

Ownership Type

Ownership type of the object.

For example, On lease.

Responsible ID

Synergetic ID number of the community member responsible for the object.

Loaned to ID

Synergetic ID number of the community member who has borrowed the object. This is a read-only field.

Note: This field is populated when the item is loaned via the Object Loan window. See either Object Booking - User Bookings tab or Object Booking - Booking Loan tab.

Default Child Object Type

Default type of any child object created from this object.

Overdue Charges:- Amt

Amount charged per day the object is overdue on loan.

Grid area buttons

Button

Description

Mark As NOT Active button

Marks an active object as Not Active, so it does not appear when Active Only is selected on the Object list. Objects that are Not Active have their Number, Parent Number and Description displayed in red.

Note: Objects with children cannot be marked Not Active.

Mark as Active button

Marks a Not Active object as Active, so it appears on the Object list.

Create child objects button (Object maintenance, general tab)

Open the Create Object Children window. See Creating object children.

Note: This button is only visible when the Master Object field is selected.

Delete child objects button (Object maintenance, general tab)

Open the Select Process Number window. See Deleting object children.

Note: This button is only visible when the Master Object field is selected.

Object Type field

Launch Object Type Maintenance to view or update the object type details of the selected object.

Asset Number field

Find button

Open the Asset Search window.

See Searching for assets in the Assets manual.

Launch button

Launch Asset Maintenance to view or update the asset details of the selected object.

See Maintaining assets in the Assets manual.

Responsible ID field

 

Find button

Open the Find name on community window.

See Searching for community members in the Community manual.

Launch button

Launch Community Maintenance to view or update the details of the selected person.

See Maintaining community members in the Community manual.

Loaned to field

 

Launch button

 

Launch Community Maintenance to view or update the details of the selected person.

See Maintaining community members in the Community manual.

 

 

Default Child Object Type

Launch button

 

Launch Object Type Maintenance to view or update the details of the selected object type.

See Maintaining object types.

Common buttons

Button

Description

Add button

Add a new object. See Creating new objects.

Delete button

Delete the highlighted object.

Find... button

Find an object. See Searching for objects.

Undo button

Undo the last changes made in an object details field.

Object navigation buttons

Move to the first, previous, next or last object of those currently displayed in the object tree.

OK button

Apply the changes to the object.

Close button

Close the window.

Last modified: 23/09/2014 3:30:32 PM

See Also

Maintaining objects

Object Maintenance window

Searching for objects

Creating new objects

Object Maintenance - Accommodation tab

Object Maintenance - Elements tab

Object Maintenance - Attributes tab

Object Maintenance - Bookings tab

Object Maintenance - Loans tab

Object Maintenance - Tasks tab

Object Maintenance - Security tab

Object Maintenance - Maint tab

Object Maintenance - User Forms tab

Object Maintenance - Agreements tab

Object Maintenance - DocMan tab

© 2015 Synergetic Management Systems. Published 6 May 2015.

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