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Serial Number
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TrackAbout has several features which help to ensure that serial numbers are entered correctly, but also to determine for which types of assets serial-number collection is required.
- Ensuring that serial numbers are entered correctly
- Serial number scrubbing allows for a cleanup of common mistakes in serial numbers. For example, TrackAbout changes all "O"s to "0"s so that if one user enters it as an "O" and another user enters it as a "0," a new asset will not get created.
- Incorrect serial number formats can be set. These stop users from entering serial numbers that are know to be a different number on the tank shoulder. For example, do not accept serial numbers that start with "DOT" as this the cylinder's DOT classification and not the serial number.
- Determining for which types of assets is serial-number collection is required
- Serial-number collection is not technically required, but absolutely recommended
- Serial number can be made optional. Most assets require a serial number, but for some classes of inexpensive assets it is preferable to not collect a serial number. Therefore, rules can be set to determine which types of assets require Serial Number.