Adding New Item Types

To create a new Item Type, you must click Software Settings and select the Item Type icon from the Navigation Menu.

  1. The current item type list will then be displayed. If you have never added an item type before then you will see the TrakaWEB default item type 'Key'. To add another type, click the Add button.

    The New Item Type page will now appear. Here you can specify a name for the item type.

  2. Click the save button. You will then be taken to the details page. Here you can enter the information that relates to the item type.

            

    Description

There are eleven fields that you can enter details about the new item type e.g., if it is a key, you may want to add a description such as make, owner or model etc.

Mandatory Tick Box

Checking this box will force the logged in TrakaWEB administrator to populate that particular field when adding this item to a position. E.g., if the mandatory check box was selected for the field 'Key Number', when the TrakaWEB administrator next creates a new item from this item type they will be forced to enter data into the 'Key Number' field before they are allowed to continue.

Duplicate Check Tick Box

Checking this box will allow TrakaWEB to search if the identical credentials have been entered against the same field to another item before the details are saved. E.g., if the duplicate check box was ticked for the field 'Key Number' and a TrakaWEB administrator is creating a new item and attempts to enter a number that is already assigned to another item, TrakaWEB will inform you and will not allow you to continue.

iFob Description Order

You can select which fields you want as the iFob descriptions (if any). Simply use the drop-down selection boxes and set them in numerical order.

  1. Once you have selected the desired options, click the Save and Return button to go back to the previous page or click the history tab to view past records of changes you have made to each field.

History Tab

This tab keeps a record of all the changes made to each field name and the user who made them. This is useful if you ever want to know what the field titles used to be.

Once complete, you can now navigate to the Items section via the Navigation Menu and begin to create as many items of that item type that you require. Please see the Adding an Item to an iFob topic for more details.