Templates

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It is useful to include specific information about equipment in your MainBoss records. For example, for a forklift truck, it is useful to MainBoss to record facts like engine type, lifting capacity, height, width, and so on. For an exhaust fan, it is useful to record motor amperage, horsepower, RPM, etc. With all types of equipment, it is useful to record the make, the model number, the serial number, and so on; this lets you call up the information quickly from inside MainBoss, without needing to check outside records.

Although templates are most commonly used to record nameplate information about equipment, they can also be used to create forms for storing information about spaces. For example, you might record room dimensions, the type of bulbs used in light fixtures, the location of fuse boxes and so on.

To accommodate the variety of equipment in any facility and to group similar items together, MainBoss provides the ability to define templates or "electronic forms" for recording equipment specifications. For example, the following picture shows a template for an air compressor.

A Windows Example

Templates are used by MainBoss when creating equipment records. The template produces a form where you can fill in specifications about a particular piece of equipment. The above template produces a form like this:

A Windows Example

The picture above shows the window created from the original template. As you can see, information has been filled into various boxes to describe a particular air compressor.