Asset Consumable – How to track the assignment

[sabrinavilla]

We have recently started managing consumable-type assets.

However, I’m not sure how to handle the assignment history.

For example: on date xx I assigned a consumable asset to user A; on date yy I assign another asset of the same model to the same user. The asset record shows a quantity of 2, but it doesn’t tell me when the assets were assigned.

How can I obtain this information?

Thank you

[fknell]

Hi @sabrinavilla,

There is no ootb solution for your inquiry. You’re seeing the quantity roll‑up, but not the when/who history, because alm_consumable by design tracks consumables in bulk by model, not one‑by‑one per issue.

When you distribute consumables using catalog items, you can report on the catalog item and the corresponding tasks. This report will provide you with the user, time and the quantity of the consumable assigned. 

If you need a track all data in one place you might need to build a simple consumable‑assignment‑history table and populate it from the HAM consumption workflow or alm_consumable state changes.

Hope this helps!