HireHop has just released another new feature in their rental management software, being virtual stock items. A virtual item is something that is not a tangible item, for example a “drill kit” that comprises of a drill, two chucks and a transformer.
The advantage of virtual items is that you can see the availability dependent on what it comprises of. For example, the “drill kit” requires 2 x chucks, 1 x drill and 1 x transformer. If you have 3 x drills, 9 x chucks and 20 x transformers available, the availability of the “drill kit” would be 3, being limited by the 3 available drills. However, if you had 10 x drills available, the availability of the “drill kit” would now be 4, limited by the 9 available chucks, as 2 x chucks are needed for a complete kit, and you can only make up 4 complete “drill kits” from what is available.
Virtual items are identical to stock items, except they can’t have assets. To create a virtual stock item, go to the Rental Stock Management page, click the new button, and select “New virtual item”.
To set what a virtual item consist of, you just add “Autopulls”, just as you would to a normal stock item. We have just added an additional type to Autopulls, being a “Conditional prompt”, meaning the available types of Autopull are now:-
- Prompt (unselected) – The item will appear in the list when new, but not be automatically ticked.
- Prompt (selected) – The item will appear in the list when new, and will be ticked.
- Compulsory (no prompt) – The Autopull will be inserted and cannot be removed or edited.
- Conditional prompt – The item will be inserted when a new item is added, however it can be subsequently edited, it is like an editable Compulsory.
- Detached reminder – This is NOT a linked Autopull, adding this item will append it to your list after the main item.
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