Understanding Locating Information
Use the Work With Assets form to locate asset information. For example, if you need to transfer a piece of equipment, but you do not know its identification number, you can locate the equipment by entering the description of the equipment on Equipment Search. You can also use other equipment information that you know, such as equipment status or location, to search for all of the pieces of equipment, which share the same characteristics.
The Work With Assets form has tabs that you can use limit your search. When you click a tab, filtering fields appear. The information that you enter in these fields narrows the asset search. You can sequence the detail asset information by either asset number or asset description.
This list details the criteria by which you can search for equipment:
Company
Equipment status
Description
Responsible business unit
Location
Category codes
After you locate equipment, you can access these features and forms directly from Equipment Search:
Equipment Master
Location Transfer
Parent History Inquiry
Search Like Equipment
Message Log
Cost Summary
Location History
License Tracking
Work Order Backlog
Equipment Backlog
Supplemental Data
PM Schedule
Completed PM
When you search for equipment, you can locate multiple pieces of similar equipment or individual pieces of equipment. The more fields that you complete on the search forms, the more you narrow your search.
For example, if you need to see a list of all of the company's backhoes, you can enter as much information as you know about the backhoes. The system searches the equipment information databases and displays all of the equipment that meets the criteria, which you enter in the fields.