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[Feature request]: Custom primary Asset ID field #1068

Open Teraskull opened 1 month ago

Teraskull commented 1 month ago

Contact Details

anton.grouchtchak@gmail.com

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe?

Our inventory is already labeled with our own QR codes and unique 6 digit asset IDs.

Would be great to have a basic Asset ID field that only allows unique values, and use it as a primary/secondary ID.

For example, allow accessing the asset using that custom asset ID like this: app.shelf.nu/assets/123456/overview.

Describe the solution you'd like

Add a basic Asset ID field to the asset and allow accessing the asset with only that asset ID.

Here's a quick mockup of the field: image

Describe alternatives you've considered

I have been testing https://github.com/hay-kot/homebox, but unfortunately, it's no longer being supported and developed.

The assets there can be accessed by /item/<Asset UUID> - homebox.fly.dev/item/66fed3c4-675c-4de3-b320-b5a2484fcc8a

But they can also be accessed by /assets/<Asset ID> - homebox.fly.dev/assets/000160, which then redirects to the primary /item/<Asset UUID>.

The only downside here is that the Asset ID field is not unique, so it will return a list of all assets with the same asset ID if there are duplicate entries.

Additional context

This will be useful for scanning existing QR Codes with the built-in scanner, and open the asset page if the asset ID exists.

carlosvirreira commented 1 month ago

I've heard of this need from other users too.

"I think a separate ID for internal use and providing the user with the option to use their own would be beneficials.

For my use case, when I’m assisting users, I will request they give me the Asset tag of the Device. IE (KTOS06945) this is a lot easier for the user to read over the phone then a long string of random numbers and letters with no consistency. "