New features and product improvements from the team at Assetbots.
New Feature
Customers with more than 10 databases in their account can now filter the database menu to quickly switch between databases.
The menu supports keyboard navigation, so once filtered you can use the ↑ and ↓ keys to select a database, then press Enter to switch to that database.
New Feature
You can now move or copy assets between databases!
This is especially useful for MSPs and very large enterprises with multiple databases. For example, you may have an Inventory database where new inventory is created before it has been assigned to a client or department. Once the asset has been prepared, you can transfer it to the appropriate database and begin tracking it as normal.
Our transfer operation allows you to include the following related data when moving or copying an asset:
To get started, expand the More actions menu in the top-right of an asset’s detail view:
Assets can only be transferred if they are not checked out, reserved, or in repair. You must also have write access to at least one additional database.
Transfers can also be done in bulk from the asset list:
Finally, if an asset is transferred back to a database that it was previously moved out of, it will be restored, and its timeline will pick up where it previously left off.
We have some exciting additional MSP tools on the way, so stay tuned. And happy tracking!
New Feature
We’re excited to announce the release of our Intune integration. Automatically sync Intune devices and users into your Assetbots database as assets and people.
Take a look at our setup guide and connect your Intune tenant to Assetbots today!
UI Improvement
We have made a few updates to our built-in scanner that should drastically improve performance and usability in certain situations.
We have added a button that allows you to switch cameras if your device has more than one. This is especially useful when:
There is a new Viewfinder button that will toggle a viewfinder overlay on or off. This is more than just eye candy though: when enabled, the scanner will only search the area within the viewfinder window. We have noticed significant improvements in scan performance with the viewfinder enabled, especially for extremely small barcodes.
Where applicable, our scanner will now automatically read codes that are printed with “inverted” colors – that is, white or light codes on black or dark backgrounds.
For example, tiny light-on-dark Data Matrix codes are commonly found on the bottom of electronics like Logitech MX-series mice and newer Dell laptops. These codes can now be scanned easily, especially with the Viewfinder enabled:
If you notice any difference with the scanner – positive or negative! – please let us know! We love to hear how we are doing and how we can improve.
As always, happy tracking!
New Feature
A new template is available when generating asset tags for printing: Avery L6009. This template generates 45.7mm x 21.2mm tags, 48 per sheet. The template uses standard A4 sheets and is polyester film that can be printed with a standard laser printer.
Avery L6009 labels can be purchased easily from multiple countries, including the US and UK.
Do you have a template you’d like to see added? Please let us know!
UI Improvement
Our Labels report (previously called Asset Tags) has been expanded to support printing labels from People records.
We have received many requests to support printing scannable labels for borrowers as well as assets, and this new report makes the process much easier.
To print scannable labels for people in your Assetbots directory, follow these steps:
It is important to note that your Badge ID or Employee ID values should be unique, even across your asset Tag values. When scanning from a kiosk, Assetbots will search all Asset and Person records for the best match, so if you have the same ID in multiple places it may not behave as expected.
Pro tip: Did you know you can do text replacements in our Labels report? You can reference any field using that field’s Key, which can be found in the Edit Fields dialog. Simply place the key between double curly brackets to add the field’s value to your tags. For example, I can print tags that include my employee’s Name and Email like this:
Happy tracking!
New Feature
A new template is available when generating asset tags for printing: Avery L6011. This template generates 63.5mm x 29.6mm tags, 27 per sheet. The template uses standard A4 sheets and is metallic film that can be printed with a standard laser printer.
Avery L6011 labels can be purchased easily from multiple countries, including the US and UK.
Do you have a template you’d like to see added? Please let us know!
New Feature
We are excited to release the Assetbots REST API to all customers, including those on free plans!
Our API has been available to select customers for a few months as we worked to make sure we were making the right data available in the right ways. We are now happy enough with v1 to share it with everyone.
Head over to the Settings tab and click on API Keys to get started. You can create your own API keys with the same permissions levels that are available when inviting collaborators.
We would love to hear about what you build – so please let us know. And if you need anything along the way, email us and we’d be happy to help!
New Feature
We’ve added a new Branding section to the Preferences tab where you can upload your own custom logo. This is a great way to personalize your database even further and always keep your organization on-brand!
You can upload different logos for light- and dark-mode if you wish, but if your logo works for both we will automatically default to your light-mode logo in dark-mode.
Although the Assetbots logo is square, the space that contains it is a rectangle roughly 95px wide by 32px high. We recommend you upload a logo at double resolution, which translates to at least 190px wide by 64px high. Feel free to upload any image that works within these dimensions – Assetbots will make sure it looks great whether it’s square or rectangular.
Happy tracking!
New Feature
Have you ever wanted to know which assets are your most frequently used? Our new Utilization report lets you explore your assets by how many times they’ve been checked out. Even better, the report fully time travels: you can see which were your top assets last month, last quarter or last year, as well as what your relative utilization was over that time.
While building this report we also added time travelling to our Borrowers report, which shows you your top borrowers over time.
Both reports offer instant exploration of your asset utilization as well as the ability to export data to an Excel or CSV file for further analysis.
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