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For maker spaces out there on a budget, [https://www.myassettag.com/assettiger AssetTiger] could be a viable asset tracking option. The site itself is free to use for "customers" -- their business is selling barcode labels. Users can populate their data and try before buying any labels.


For those hackerspaces out there on a budget, there's a site I really need to tell you guys about. I promise I'm not tied to this group in any way, I just love this thing. It's assettiger.com and we use it to document all of our equipment. The site itself is free to use to "customers". Their business is selling barcode labels. You can populate your data and try before buying any labels of course. I bought about $40 and they're good quality. I'd pay $40/yr just to use this site.
Some of the nice things about this site include: the addition of custom fields, different security levels for users, a fantastic mobile app (barcode scanner from phone works from 3 feet away), data export (except photos) to an XLS or CSV for backups, and data import from a CSV.


The nice thing about this site is that you can add custom fields, set different levels of security for your users, the mobile app works fantastic (barcode scanner from phone works from 3 feet away). You can also export all of your data (except photos) to an XLS or CSV for backups. You can also import data from a CSV as well.
One way to extend AssetTiger's functionality is to import asset data into an Excel VBA program that builds a database from the data, generates a wiki page of the equipment, and transfer it over FTP to a wiki site. For an example, check this out: [https://chattlab.org/wiki/equipment_list ChatLab Equipment List]


I know documenting assets is boring as hell. But we are using ours in more ways than one. We have an Excel VBA program that takes an exported CSV file, builds it into a database then builds a wiki page of our equipment and ftp's it to our wiki site. For an example, check this out: https://chattlab.org/wiki/equipment_list
The example created a "wiki link" field on its assets, so when using the mobile app, it's just another click to pull up more info on the unit. There is also a flag "list on site" so Chat Lab can dictate what gets to the wiki, and what they just don't list. Contact jeff at chattlab.org for more information.
 
We created a "wiki link" field on our assets, so when using the mobile app, it's just another click to pull up more info on the unit. We're still working on our wiki content to maximize this however. We also put a flag "list on site" so we can dictate what gets to the wiki, and what we just don't list.
 
I'd rather convert this program to python so I can run it automatically at night, but that's the next phase. If you think you're real good at python and good at screen scraping, contact me. Or, if you want to do something similar and use the Excel program I have, you're welcome to it,just ping me via email. email address is Jeff, my first name, at chattlab.org
 
I'm hoping to establish a tool library in our space for tools we have that members can take home. This platform allows "check out" functionality as well, which will be nice.


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Latest revision as of 19:36, 15 January 2023

For maker spaces out there on a budget, AssetTiger could be a viable asset tracking option. The site itself is free to use for "customers" -- their business is selling barcode labels. Users can populate their data and try before buying any labels.

Some of the nice things about this site include: the addition of custom fields, different security levels for users, a fantastic mobile app (barcode scanner from phone works from 3 feet away), data export (except photos) to an XLS or CSV for backups, and data import from a CSV.

One way to extend AssetTiger's functionality is to import asset data into an Excel VBA program that builds a database from the data, generates a wiki page of the equipment, and transfer it over FTP to a wiki site. For an example, check this out: ChatLab Equipment List

The example created a "wiki link" field on its assets, so when using the mobile app, it's just another click to pull up more info on the unit. There is also a flag "list on site" so Chat Lab can dictate what gets to the wiki, and what they just don't list. Contact jeff at chattlab.org for more information.

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