Most data fields in the location registration form are optional. Whether these are relevant for you depends on the kind of location and material content you plan to manage.
Click to see a description of the data field with tips and pointers
- Location Name
- Location Address
- Description
- Usable Floor Area
- Location Type
- Location - Building floors
- Building Type
- Property registration number
- Renovation
- Construction
Location name [top]
Typically the name of the building, a subset name describing the surveyed tenant or floor, or simply street name and number.
Examples:
- Main office
- Fifth Avenue 189
- Georgetown Kindergarten
- Maintenance Department
Practical tip:
Although the platform allows you to enter a very long location name - we recommend keeping names as brief as possible, as screen views and navigation may truncate or “hide” parts of the text:
Location address [top]
The platform is connected to Google Maps. It will continuously try to predict the address being entered as you type. Make sure to complete your address with the correct street number if you select a suggestion that only contains the street name!
For the time being, the platform does not support editing the address after saving. Until we have solved that, take care to enter the correct address when creating a location.
Description
Free text field: information that is not predefined elsewhere in the form. For example, deadlines that affect surveying, details of material composition, contact persons, etc.
Usable floor area [top]
The area within the location that will be covered by a reuse survey.
Location type [top]
General building normally represents a building site where you survey materials. Materials that are later ordered between general buildings get counted as planned or realised savings in the Reports section. Storage locations can be of any size and shape – anything from a single room in a general building, to a defined area on a floor, an entire floor, or an entire location.
- Orders to a storage location does not count as saving
- Orders from a storage location does count as saving
Location photo [top]
If you’re physically at the location, you can log in on a pad or cell phone and take a photo directly, or you can upload existing photos from your photo album. Photos with landscape format are recommended, as the platform displays photos that way by default.
Location photo can be uploaded in .png or .jpeg format.
Location - Buildingfloors [top]
Your location must have at least one defined floor. Add or delete floors by clicking the + / x buttons.
- Floors can be above or below ground level.
- Floor code is mandatory, while floor name is optional.
- Add floor plans for further insight into rooms or areas.
NOTE: We will develop interactive features for floor plans.
Floor code: Enter free text that suitably describes your location. Can easily be adapted to shelf numbers etc in storage locations.
Floor name (optional): Enter free text if relevant. Can be the name of the tenant, area, section, etc.
Don’t be afraid of getting creative when defining your location floors. For instance, you can split a floor into several levels if you need a simple way of differentiating between two tenants, sections or areas. The same floor code can be used on more than one floor level.
Building type [top]
Choose the closest match:- Agricultural
- Educational
- Government
- Hotel
- Industrial
- Military
- Office
- Religious
- Residential
- Retail
- Transportation
Property registration number (optional) [top]
Free text field. Different countries can have different systems for giving a building a unique ID.
Renovation [top]
If the building has been renovated, you can enter the year. In case there has been more than one renovation, enter either the most recent or the most significant one.
Construction [top]
If you will survey building materials, it will be of interest to other users to know when construction activity is scheduled. Enter dates. These dates will be searchable when we launch our public marketplace (2022).