Tracking Customers' Equipment
This job aid contains instructions related to tracking of customers' equipment and warranties in MYOB Acumatica.
Adding Equipment
- Open the Equipment (FS205000) form.
To open the form for creating a new record, type the form ID in the Search box, and on the Search form, point at the form title and click New. - On the form toolbar, click Add New Record.
- In the Equipment Type box, select the type of the equipment you are creating.
- Do the following:
- If your company owns the equipment and uses it to perform services, select the Resource Equipment check box.
- If your company needs to service the equipment, select the Target Equipment check box.
- If your company owns and uses the equipment but currently needs to service it, select both check boxes.
- If needed, in the Serial Nbr. box, enter the serial number of the equipment.
- If needed, in the Description box, enter a brief description of the equipment.
- Under Owner, do one of the following:
- If your company is an owner of the equipment, select Company.
- If a customer is an owner of the equipment, select Customer and specify the customer in the Customer box.
- If the equipment is placed at your company location, under Location, do the following:
- In the Branch box, select the branch that has placed the equipment.
- Check the Branch Location box and change it if needed.
- If the equipment is placed at customer location, under Location, do the following:
- Select the customer in the Customer box whose location has the equipment.
- Check the Location box and change it if needed.
- On the form toolbar, click Save.
Adding Model Equipment Sale to Service Order or Appointment
- Navigate to the needed form by doing one of the following:
- To add model equipment directly to the service order, open the Service Orders (FS300100) form.
- To add model equipment being sold to the appointment, open the Appointments (FS300200) form.
- In the Service Order Type box, select the service order type related to the service order or appointment.
- In the Service Order Nbr. or Appointment Nbr. box (depending on the form you are using), select the reference number of the needed service order or appointment.
- On the Details tab, do the following for each model equipment entity being sold as part of the service order:
- On the table toolbar, click Add Row.
- Select Inventory Item in the Line Type column.
- In the Inventory ID column, select the identifier of the stock item that is the model equipment being sold.
- In the Equipment Action column, select Selling Model Equipment.
- On the form toolbar, click Save.
Adding Optional Components to a Service Order or Appointment
- Navigate to the needed form by doing one of the following:
- To add optional components directly to the service order, open the Service Orders (FS300100) form.
- To add optional components to the appointment, open the Appointments (FS300200) form.
- In the Service Order Type box, select the service order type related to the service order or appointment.
- In the Service Order Nbr. or Appointment Nbr. box (depending on the form you are using), select the reference number of the needed service order or appointment.
- On the Details tab, do the following for each optional component being sold as part of the service order:
- On the table toolbar, click Add Row.
- Select Inventory Item in the Line Type column.
- In the Inventory ID column, select the identifier that associates with the stock item of the component.
- In the Equipment Action column, select Selling Optional Component.
- If the component is being added to a piece of target equipment, in the Target Equipment ID column, select the identifier of the target equipment.
- If the service order or appointment includes a piece of model equipment that adds the component, refer to the Model Equipment Ref. Nbr. column, select the line reference number of the model equipment.
- In the Component ID column, select the identifier of the component specified in the model equipment.
- On the form toolbar, click Save.
Adding Upgraded Components to a Service Order or Appointment
- Navigate to the needed form by doing one of the following:
- To add upgraded components directly to the service order, open the Service Orders (FS300100) form.
- To add upgraded components to the appointment, open the Appointments (FS300200) form.
- In the Service Order Type box, select the service order type related to the service order or appointment.
- In the Service Order Nbr. or Appointment Nbr. box (depending on the form you are using), select the reference number of the needed service order or appointment.
- On the Details tab, do the following for each component being replaced (upgraded):
- On the table toolbar, click Add Row.
- Select Inventory Item in the Line Type column.
- In the Inventory ID column, select the identifier of the stock item that is associated with the component being upgraded.
- In the Equipment Action column, select Upgrading Component.
- In the Model Equipment Ref. Nbr. column, select the line reference number in the service order or appointment of the model equipment in which you want to upgrade a component.
- In the Component ID column, select the identifier of the component that the model equipment specifies for upgrading.
- On the form toolbar, click Save.
Adding Replacement Target Equipment to a Service Order or Appointment
- Navigate to the needed form by doing one of the following:
- To add replacement target equipment directly to the service order, open the Service Orders (FS300100) form.
- To add replacement target equipment to the appointment, open the Appointments (FS300200) form.
- In the Service Order Type box, select the service order type related to the service order or appointment.
- In the Service Order Nbr. or Appointment Nbr. box (depending on the form you are using), select the reference number of the needed service order or appointment.
- On the Details tab, do the following for each piece of target equipment that is being replaced:
- On the table toolbar, click Add Row.
- Select Inventory Item in the Line Type column.
- In the Inventory ID column, select the identifier of the stock item that is the new model equipment replacing the target equipment.
- In the Equipment Action column, select Replacing Target Equipment.
- In the Target Equipment ID column, select the piece of target equipment that replaces the old one.
- On the form toolbar, click Save.
Replacing Components in Target Equipment
- Navigate to the needed form by doing one of the following:
- To add replacement components to the service order, open the Service Orders (FS300100) form.
- To add replacement components to the appointment, open the Appointments (FS300200) form.
- In the Service Order Type box, select the service order type related to the service order or appointment.
- In the Service Order Nbr. or Appointment Nbr. box (depending on the form you are using), select the reference number of the needed service order or appointment.
- On the Details tab, do the following for each component you want to replace:
- On the table toolbar, click Add Row.
- Select Inventory Item in the Line Type column.
- In the Inventory ID column, select the identifier of the stock item that is a replacement component.
- In the Equipment Action column, select Replacing Component.
- In the Target Equipment ID column, select the target equipment that you are replacing a component for.
- In the Component Ref. Nbr. column, select the line reference number of the equipment component to be replaced in the target equipment.
- On the form toolbar, click Save.