Equipment
An overview on managing equipment as part of your facilities in MinistryPlatform, including basic information and equipment fields.
- Equipment is a record for equipment available as part of an Event.
- Common equipment can include chairs, tables, projectors, whiteboards, and so on.
- You can associate equipment with various events.
- You can create and edit Equipment records in .
- For equipment that isn't tied to a specific Room, we recommend you create a "Mobile" Room and associate all your mobile equipment with it.
Equipment Fields
- Equipment Name
- The friendly name for your equipment.
- Date Acquired
- The date your acquired the equipment.
- Equipment Type
- The type of equipment, such as chair, table, and so on. You can edit Equipment Types in System Lookups.
- Room
- The Room associated with the equipment. Where the equipment is available.
- Model Name
- Optional. You can use this to track the model information.
- Serial Number
- Optional. You can use this to track the serial number.
- Inventory Number
- Optional. You can use this to track the inventory number.
- Bookable
- Set to Yes to make this equipment available for people to reserve.
- Separately Insured
- Optional. Use this to track whether or not this equipment is insured.
- Purchase Price
- Optional. Use this to track how much this equipment cost when you bought it.
- Date Retired
- Optional. Use this to track when you stopped using this equipment.
- Equipment Coordinator
- The staff or volunteer who oversees the use of this equipment.
- Auto Approve
- Set to Yes to allow people to skip the approval process to reserve this equipment.
- Quantity
- How many you have of this piece of equipment. For example,if you have five dry-erase boards, enter 5. Use this field for identical equipment to reduce duplicate Equipment records.