User manual

The AssetCenter manual

Everything from creating your account to running the settings pages, written for the people using AssetCenter day to day.

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Introduction

  • Welcome to AssetCenter

    What AssetCenter does, how the unified timeline and dashboard fit together, and how to use this manual.

The sign up process

  • Create an account

    Register your organization, sign in for the first time, and know what to set up next.

  • The plans

    What each AssetCenter plan includes, and how to start a trial or subscribe from inside the app.

Navigating the app

  • The main menu

    Open the main menu, search for any record, and jump between the main pages with the keyboard.

  • Custom categories

    Create the asset and subscription categories your records are grouped by, and set their end of life, useful life and notification rules.

  • Custom category fields

    Extend a category with your own fields, such as odometer readings or account PINs, and mark them required.

  • The dashboard

    A card-by-card tour of the home page: key metrics, to-dos, charts, expirations and recent activity.

  • Mobile app

    Install AssetCenter on a phone or tablet home screen using PWA mode, including step-by-step iPhone directions.

  • Tips and tricks

    Keyboard shortcuts for the main menu, the main pages, and entering today's date on any date field.

Adding new

  • Adding assets

    Record a new asset: its details and category, how it was acquired, whether it is a component of another asset, and its warranty.

  • Adding subscriptions

    Record a new subscription and choose its billing type: recurring subscription, lifetime purchase or free.

  • Adding people

    Record a new person, and mark them as external when they do not belong to your organization.

  • Adding locations

    Record a new location, set its type, and mark it temporary when it has an end date.

Managing existing

  • Managing assets

    The asset record: overview, current assignments, the lifecycle timeline, and everything under the actions button.

  • Managing subscriptions

    The subscription record: overview, current assignments, the timeline, and everything under the actions button.

  • Managing people

    The person record: overview, current assignments, the timeline, and everything under the actions button.

  • Managing locations

    The location record: overview, current assignments, spaces, the timeline, and everything under the actions button.

Settings

  • Organization

    Manage the organization itself: its name and logo, the sign-in method and SSO, exporting your data, and deleting the organization.

  • Users

    Invite and manage the users in your organization, and set admin rights and granular user permissions.

  • Plan and billing

    See which plan you are on, how much of it you are using, change plans, and download your invoices.

  • Bulk import

    Import assets, subscriptions, locations and people from the Excel templates, including custom fields.

  • Asset categories

    The first setup step: create the asset categories that everything else in AssetCenter hangs off.

  • Asset events

    The acquisition, lifecycle, decommission and condition events that ship with AssetCenter, and how to customize them.

  • Subscription categories

    Create the subscription categories you need before any subscriptions can be added.