Tags

Tags

The primary purpose of the tag system is to organize and search the data effecively.

Tag types

NameDescription
Task categoryCategories for grouping tasks, used for automation in pricing rules and service agreements
Asset categoryUsed to categorize assets. Eg. Device model, Device type, Construction year
Article categoryPrimarely used for inventory management and inventory article classification
User categoryPrimarely used for grouping users by departament or skills
InformativeGeneral purpose tags, that can be added either to acts or issues

Task category

  • Pricing rules are resolved based on task category.
  • Service agreements schedule and merge tasks based on task category hierachy.
  • Price offer requires defining the task category for analytics and to convert the price offer to one or multiple tasks.
  • Analytics module allows to analyze the workload by task category.

Specifications (Custom fields)

  • General purpose 'free form' fields that require defining the field 'name' and 'default value'.
  • Whenever an entity that supports 'specifications' is tagged, the fields are inherited.

Files

  • All the files added to the tag will be available to whomever is performing a task.
    Eg. Device -> Manual or technical specifications

Tag tree (Hierarchy)

Tags can be organized into hierarchies.

  • When using a 'parent' tag filter, all the child tags are included in the search results.
  • When adding a 'child' tag to an entity that supports 'specifications', the 'specifications' of it's 'parent' are also inherited.
Tag:Door -> Has specifications for width and height
Tag:Eletrical Door -> Has specifications for motor type.

Tag:Eletrical Door is the child of Tag:Door

Whenever Tag:Eletrical Door is used on an asset.
The assets inherits specifications for width, height and motor type.