Facilities, areas, and operational status

Facilities and areas provide an operational classification that is separate from a physical room. An equipment item can therefore be located in a room while also belonging to a facility area used by support teams and status reporting.

The Facility module manages supporting assets with types, dynamic properties, modules, status history, files, and preventive-maintenance schedules. The Location module manages facilities, areas, area managers, and status messages. Area classifications can group equipment in statusmail, including grouping per facility.

Use rooms, zones, and locations when the question is where is this item? Use facilities and areas when the question is which operational function or support group owns its status? An installation may enable either or both models.