Adding New Assets
Learn how to manually add new assets to your inventory in Shelf, the core building block representing tangible items requiring tracking and management.
At the core of Shelf lies the concept of an Asset, representing a unique, tangible item within your inventory that requires tracking and management. Each Asset corresponds to a specific piece of equipment, including its associated metadata, status, usage history, assignments, and other essential details. By organizing your belongings into individual Assets, you can better monitor their availability, condition, and deployment throughout your operations.
Adding an Asset to Your Inventory
Follow these steps to create a new asset:
- Click Assets
- Click New asset
- Fill in a name
- Upload an image or take a photo with your phone (optional)
- Choose a Category, Tags and/or a Location (optional)
- Fill in a description (optional)
- Fill in any other fields, or add custom fields
- Click Save
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