ARC Facilities

Through this widget, you can view the list of equipment inside the campus, view/add new equipment info, pin the location of an equipment on the specific floor plan of a particular building and then view the equipment details or info of an equipment.

The Equipment screen displays the list of equipment inside a campus. 

• To find specific equipment, you need to search using search keyword or tags.

Screenshot below displays the list of equipment inside a campus:

The Equipment screen displays the list of equipment inside a campus and the search tags at the top of the screen.

For each equipment, the Building, Floor, Area (this is the full location of the equipment shown as a link) where the equipment is located and the Serial No., Manufacturer name & Model No. is shown along with the last accessed date. 

The last accessed date & time can be used to sort the equipment list. 

Note: Only date will be shown for 'Last accessed' column in Equipment list screen (this date will be last accessed date and not the equipment modification date - based on this date the equipment will be sorted).

Upon clicking this location link the floor plan opens through the Viewer displaying the PIN which identifies the location of the equipment.

To find specific equipment, search using search keyword or tags. 

The tags are segregated into Building & Floor tags & Other tags. The system tags like Building name, Floor name etc. are created immediately and associated with all equipment which are created within the respective floors of the concerned Building. 

Whereas when you create the equipment, enter and associate custom tags with the Buildings they fall under the ‘Other tags’ section.

Screenshot below displays the list of search tags inside a campus:

The equipment can be searchable using equipment name and other meta-data of the equipment. 

The right-panel of the screen displays tags associated with all the equipment of the campus. 

• You can enter tags while uploading equipment. Hence, each tag is associated with one or more equipment. 
• You can select one or more tags and search for equipment associated with the selected tags. 

For example, when you click the AHU tag from the right panel which is associated with more than one equipment of that campus, then result shows only equipment associated with the specific AHU tag.

You can search for specific equipment using the Search Bar in the Equipment List screen.

1. Click the Search Bar at the top of the screen.
2. Enter the equipment name or relevant search details.
3. Select the required equipment from the search results to open its details.

Screenshot below displays the search result:

You can also search for equipment using the Search Bar from the Campus List or Campus Dashboard.

• From the Campus List, the search is global and will return equipment from multiple campuses. Select the required equipment from the search results to open its details.

Screenshot below displays the search result when searched from campus list screen:

• From the Campus Dashboard, the search is limited to the specific campus. Enter the required equipment name or details and select the equipment from the search results.

Editing Existing Equipment:

Upon clicking the equipment, the details of that equipment displays in full screen.

You can update the following information for an existing equipment:

• Equipment Photo: Edit, replace, or delete the equipment photo.
• General Details: Modify the equipment's general information.
• Manufacturer/Model & Location: Update the manufacturer, model, and equipment location.
• Forms: View, remove, or attach forms.
• Supporting Documents: View, download, or attach supporting documents.
• Parts: View and edit parts information.
• Links: View and edit associated links.
• Tags: Remove existing tags or associate new tags with the equipment.

Adding Location to Existing Equipment

You can add a location to the equipment if a location has not been assigned.

• Select the required building from the dropdown. Once selected, the Select a Floor field is displayed, allowing you to choose a floor within the building.

• After selecting a floor, enter the area details and click Tap to Add Location Map.
• Place a pin on the floor plan to mark the equipment location.

The equipment location is associated with the selected pin on the floor plan.

Adding Location to Existing Equipment from Equipment Maps

You can associate an existing equipment with a pin from the Equipment Maps.

1. Place a pin at the required location on the map viewer.

3. Select the required equipment.
4. Save the pin.

The selected equipment is associated with the pin location.

Import & Export options:

There are options to import(upload) and export (download) a list of equipment in Excel or CSV format from local computer to the equipment list screen and vice versa.

Screenshot below displays the Export/Import functionality access buttons on the Equipment list screen:

Exporting equipment

You can export the equipment list associated with a particular campus in Excel or CSV format.

• From the Equipment List, click [Export]   button. The equipment list, including the available equipment details, is downloaded to your local system.

Importing equipment

• The bulk import screen appears after you click the [Import] button where user can upload a CSV or excel file from local computer and map the columns in the file with equipment fields in the application.

Equipment import will fail if there is no Building, Floor in campus.

Equipment import mapping will be based on Asset ID to determine whether the equipment exists in system or not. Otherwise, the equipment will be considered as new equipment.

Fresh equipment import & update (export, update CSV & then import) of existing equipment will be done through import functionality. 

Screenshot below displays a file selected in this screen

• After file selection, click the [Start mapping] button on the screen to map the excel columns with the equipment fields in the application

• Open the drop-down beside each excel column header and select the appropriate field

• After mapping of appropriate columns with appropriate fields is completed, click the [Start import] button to view the import status

Application will display the mapped data which is present in the excel sheet.

• Now click the [Save] button to complete uploading importing the equipment data.

• In the end, click the [Done] button to close the import popup window and view the freshly imported equipment on the Equipment list screen.