Loaner assets

Request a loaner asset or consumable when you need it for a short period of time.

A loaner order request is completed through the following stages:

• Prepare task: Prepare the loaner asset such as by installing the required software before handing over the loaner asset to the requested user. By default, the Prepare task is created two days before the start day. You can change this setting by modifying the Number of days required for preparing the loaner asset variable on the Loaner Asset Request catalog item.
  注:

  The Number of days required for preparing the loaner asset variable is not shown on the catalog form when you request a loaner asset. To find this variable, go to the Catalog Item module. Only users with the catalog_admin role can change the value of this variable.
• Deploy task: Hand over the loaner asset to the requested user or install the loaner asset at the user's machine. The Deploy task is created after the Prepare task is closed.
• Reclaim task: Reclaim the loaner asset after a period of time. The Reclaim task is created one day before the return day.

注:

Loaner assets are not counted in the stockroom count when stock rules are being processed.

You can't allocate an excluded loaner asset. For more information, see Hardware Asset Management license exclusion.

関連概念

• Manage loaner assets

Loaner asset reservation

Waitlisted loaner orders give visibility to future demands for loaner asset.

With the available loaner assets, the user who submits a loaner order first gets the loaner asset. Loaner assets are automatically assigned to the users by a daily scheduled job on the Preparation start day. When there is no loaner asset in a stockroom, all the loaner orders become part of a Waitlist. The Waitlisted Orders module under Loaner shows all the wait listed loaners orders. If new loaner assets are added to a stock room or confirmed loaner order are canceled, the wait listed loaner orders are confirmed in a sequence of when they were submitted. A loaner order that was submitted before gets precedence over the order that was submitted later.

As an inventory admin, if you want to confirm a wait listed loaner order, uncheck the Waitlisted box in the Loaner Asset Order form and in the Asset field, select the asset. If you want to move a confirmed loaner order to wait list, check out the Waitlisted box and remove the Asset from the Asset field. You can assign a loaner asset from any locations and with any of the following states and substates:

• In stock
• Available
• Pending install
• Reserved
• In use

注:

You can't select an excluded loaner asset. For more information, see Hardware Asset Management license exclusion.