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The Inventory tab is only present for those Features which have Inventory Types associated with them. The Inventory tab shows each relevant Inventory Type associated with that Feature Group. Depending upon the configuration there can be multiple Inventory Tabs assigned to a Feature.
After expanding the Inventory Type, a list of its contained Inventory Items becomes visible. Clicking on an Item will show the Item details in the side panel window.
The way in which an Inventory Type behaves, and the information that may be stored with it depends on the parameters that were set for it against the Feature Group.
'Current & Future' - displays all Items that have no End Date, including those whose Start Date is after today.
'Current' - displays all Items with no End Date, whose Start Date is before today.
'All' - displays all Inventory Items, including End-Dated items.
The upper part of the side panel window section defines the Item like Feature Type, Cross Section, Customer, Start & End Distance, Start & End Width, Measurement and Classification, etc. These fields will be dynamic and will be displayed depending on the parameters that were set for it against the Feature Group.
Start Date: The date at which the Feature became or will become active. The status of the feature will be one of the following:
Live for a Feature with a Start Date in the past and no End Date.
Live Until for a Feature with a Start Date in the past and an End Date in the future.
End Dated for a Feature with an End Date in the past.
Proposed for a Feature with a Start Date in the future.
Survey Date: This field will be displayed if 'Show Survey Date' is flagged for the Inventory Type in this Feature Group. The date of the last Survey carried out, or imported, will be displayed in this field.
Start Distance:This field will be displayed if an Item Type other than 'No Distance or Width' has been selected for the Inventory Type in this Feature Group. The chainage position of a discrete Inventory Item, or the start chainage for a linear or Area Inventory Item should be entered here.
End Distance:This field will be displayed if any of the Linear or Area Item Types have been selected for the Inventory Type in this Feature Group. The end chainage for the Inventory Item should be entered here.
Start Width:This field will be displayed if any of the Linear (Width) or Area Item Types have been selected for the Inventory Type in this Feature Group. The Start Width for the Inventory Item should be entered here.
End Width:This field will be displayed if the Area (Two Widths) Item Type has been selected for the Inventory Type in this Feature Group. The End Width for the Inventory Item should be entered here.
Measurement:This will be calculated from the Start, End and Width fields if the Inventory Item Measurement is set to 'Automatic'. A Measurement may be directly entered if the Inventory Item is set to 'User Entered'.
Class:This field will be displayed if 'Parent Site Class' is set to 'Maintain' or 'Default' for the Inventory Type in this Feature Group. The entry will copy the Feature Classification`.
Customer:This field will be displayed if 'Parent Customer' is set to 'Maintain' or 'Default' for the Inventory Type in this Feature Group. The entry will copy the Feature Customer.
The Site, Feature, Location, Description and Central Asset Id fields will be displayed if the Inventory Item has the Linked Feature set to 'Optional' or 'Mandatory' for the Inventory Type in the Feature Group.
An entry will be optional if the Feature Group specifies an 'Optional' Linked Feature. If the Feature Group specifies a 'Mandatory' Linked Feature, then the Feature cannot be saved until an Inventory Items in that Type have a linked Feature selected.
Use the fields to enter the Site and Feature Number location of the Feature that is linked to the Inventory Item. Click on that Inventory Item, which is having Linked Feature in the Inventory Tab, to open another copy of the Feature screen showing details of the Linked Feature in new Tab.
The lower portion of the side panel window contains a list of all the Attributes that have been associated with the Inventory Type.
Each Attribute may have a value assigned to it in the method defined for the Attribute
Pick List - the value is selected from a drop-down list of pre-defined values associated with the Attribute Type in the Attribute Lookup.
Number - a number between the minimum and maximum values expressed for the Attribute Type may be entered.
Date or Date/time - The field will allow the entry of a date, or a date and time.
Text - free entry of any text string is allowed, up to the length defined in the Attribute Type lookup.
Each Attribute field is followed by an optional notes field into which any free text may be entered.
Existing Inventory Items can be edited by clicking on the ‘Edit’ option available on the side panel window.
Add
Select this option to Add the new Feature Inventory. This option will be available only if the current User has the User Security permissions to Update Features.
Copy
Select this option to Copy the current Feature Inventory. This option will be available only if the current User has the User Security permissions to Update Features.
End Date
Select this option to End Date the current Feature Inventory with/ without creating a new version. This option will be available only if the current User has the User Security permissions to Update Features.
Delete
Select this option to Delete the current Feature Inventory. This option will be available only if the current User has the User Security permissions to Update Features.