Overview
Asset snap allows you to digitize your equipment in seconds using your phone because you can take a photo of an asset’s nameplate and then extract key details, such as make, model, and serial number.
This article will walk you through how to access asset snap on your LimbleCMMS mobile app (or on the desktop) to begin creating assets in Limble.
Table of Contents
Take or Upload a Photo
(Note: to use asset snap, you need permission #60 'Add Assets.')
Using the LimbleCMMS mobile app, scroll down to the Others section and click “Add Asset by Tag.”
(Note: on the desktop, navigate to the Manage Assets page and click “Add Assets” > “Add Quickly With Tag.”)
Select your location and click “Select.”
Click “Use camera” to take a photo in real time of your asset’s nameplate.
Ensure the photo is in focus, well lit without glares, head on without extreme angles, the text is readable, and the nameplate fills most of the frame.
(Note: when using this feature on the desktop, you’ll be prompted to upload a photo from your computer files.)
If you choose “Click to browse,” you can upload a photo from your phone’s photo library.
You can optionally upload multiple asset tag photos at once. If you upload multiple tags at once, you'll go through the next steps for each asset, one at a time.
Confirm the Data
Once the photo uploads, click “Process 1 Image.”
The asset information from the nameplate will be shown. Click “Continue to Field Mapping.”
Map Asset Fields
Mapping your asset’s data to asset fields varies, depending on if you use asset templates.
Follow the steps in the appropriate section, so you can map your asset field values to the correct templated or location-based fields.
If You Don't Use Asset Templates
If You Don't Use Asset Templates
If you don't use asset templates, any new asset fields will map to location-based fields.
Under Mapping Summary, the asset fields and field values will be shown. Click “Advanced: Review All Mappings” to review and edit the asset field mappings.
In the advanced view, you can create new, map to existing, or skip each extracted field, as well as adjust the asset field.
Click “Confirm Mapping & Create Asset” to finish creating your new asset.
If Asset Templates Are Set to Required
If Asset Templates Are Set to Required
If you have asset templates set to required, any new asset fields will also be required to map to templated fields.
In the “Select Template” dropdown, select the asset template you would like to use for this asset.
Under Mapping Summary, the asset fields and field values will be shown. Click “Advanced: Review All Mappings” to review and edit the asset field mappings.
In the advanced view, you can create new, map to existing, or skip each extracted field, as well as adjust the asset field.
(Note: only Super Users will be able to create new templated fields.)
Click “Confirm Mapping & Create Asset” to finish creating your new asset.
If Asset Templates Are Set to Optional
If Asset Templates Are Set to Optional
If you use asset templates but have them set to optional, any new asset fields will map to templated fields by default, but can be manually edited to map to different templated fields or location-based fields.
In the “Select Template” dropdown, select the asset template you would like to use for this asset. If you’re choosing to not use a template, you can skip this step.
Under Mapping Summary, the asset fields and field values will be shown. Click “Advanced: Review All Mappings” to review and edit the asset field mappings.
In the advanced view, you can create new, map to existing, or skip each extracted field, as well as adjust the asset field.
(Note: only Super Users will be able to create new templated fields.)
Click “Confirm Mapping & Create Asset” to finish creating your new asset.
(Note: if you uploaded more than one asset tag photo, you'll click "Confirm and continue" to repeat the previous steps with each tag.)
Start Using Your New Asset
The asset card of your new asset will open. It will include the asset name, asset tag photo, and the asset fields and values, the way you chose to map them.
(Note: when using asset snap on the desktop, you’ll have the option to click “Print QR codes” as the final step.)
Repeat this process to create more assets!
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