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How to Update an Asset's Location

Need to manually update an Asset's location as a driver or as an admin? This article walks through how to do so for both roles.

Written by Alyse Brodhead
Updated today

We highly recommend setting Required Actions and encouraging your drivers to update asset locations as they are active in the field and interacting with the bins.

There are three ways to set the location of an asset:

  • Attach it to a Job

  • Attach it to a Site

  • Manually set the location

Set Asset Location in the Dispatcher.com Mobile App

Attach an Asset to a Job

  1. Tap appropriate Ticket

  2. Tap Assets

  3. Tap Add Asset To Site

  4. Tap appropriate Asset

  5. Tap Add

šŸ’”Dispatcher Tip: If Required Actions are enabled, direct your drivers to tap Complete instead of Assets to assign an asset to the job. A ā€œto-doā€ list will appear quickly prompting them to add or remove the asset accordingly.

Drivers are prompted to confirm the location they are removing the asset from before adding it to the new location. This helps avoid removing it from an incorrect site or job.

Attach an Asset to a Site

  1. Tap Site

  2. Tap appropriate Site

  3. Tap Assets

  4. Tap Add Asset To Site

  5. Tap appropriate Asset

  6. Tap Add

Manually Set an Asset’s Location

  1. Tap More

  2. Tap Assets

  3. Search and tap appropriate Asset

  4. Tap Change Location

  5. Set at current location

  6. Tap Set

Assets Can Only have One Location: Once an asset is added to a new job, site, or custom location, it is automatically removed from its previous location. You can view asset activities by clicking on Assets, searching for and selecting the appropriate asset ID, and then scrolling down to Asset Activities.

Set Asset Location in the Web App

Again, we recommend setting Required Actions and encouraging your drivers to update asset locations as they are active in the field and interacting with the bins. However, we understand that some situations require admins to update an asset location. There are three ways to set the location of an asset:

  • Attach it to a Job

  • Attach it to a Site

  • Manually set the location

Attach an Asset to a Job

  1. Click Jobs

  2. Search for the Job

  3. Click Job ID or Address or Details

  4. Click Asset Unique ID

  5. Search for and select appropriate Asset ID

  6. Click Add to Job

Attach an Asset to a Site

  1. Click Settings

  2. Click Sites

  3. Click appropriate Site Name or Details

  4. Click Asset Unique ID

  5. Search for and select appropriate Asset ID

  6. Click Add to Site

Manually Set an Asset’s Location

  1. Click Assets

  2. Search and click the appropriate Asset ID or Details

  3. Click Edit Asset

  4. Enter Address *be sure to select the Google populated address

  5. Click Save Changes

Assets Can Only have One Location: Once an asset is added to a new job, site, or custom location, it is automatically removed from its previous location. You can view asset activities by clicking on Assets, searching for and selecting the appropriate asset ID, and then scrolling down to Asset Activities.

Drivers are prompted to confirm the location they are removing the asset from before adding it to the new location. This helps avoid removing it from an incorrect site or job.

šŸ’”Dispatcher Tip: From the Assets page, click the Details dropdown arrow to quickly Edit Asset without the extra clicks of going into an Asset’s details page.

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