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title: Equipment Types
slug: equipmenttrack/equipment-types
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createdAt: 2024-02-19T16:32:19.470Z
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Equipment types are used to group equipment for reporting and creation of requests.

You can think of equipment types as a model number master file. For instance, suppose your company specializes in selling laptops, and one of your best-selling models is the StellarBook Pro. In the equipment types database, you would have a single entry for the StellarBook Pro. If your inventory contains 50 StellarBook Pro units, each would have its own record with a unique serial number. However, all 50 units would be linked to the same equipment type entry for the StellarBook Pro.

## Create equipment type

1. Go to the **Equipment Types** tab and click on **+ New Equipment Type**.
2. A *New Equipment Type* window will pop up asking you to provide details for the equipment type.

| **Field**                          | **Description**                                                                                                                                    |
| ---------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Equipment Type Name (Required)** | Name of the equipment type.                                                                                                                        |
| **Owner**                          | Equipment type owner.                                                                                                                              |
| **Description**                    | Description of the equipment type.                                                                                                                 |
| **Post Loan Pad**                  | The number of days past the estimated return date before the equipment is available for another Loan or Reservation.                               |
| **Active**                         | Check this box to activate the equipment type.                                                                                                     |
| **Post Loan Pad Label**            | A label for the equipment after the loan has ended and before it is available for loan again. Available labels are *None*, *Unavailable*, or *NA*. |
| **Image URL**                      | This field stores a URL where an image of this Equipment Type is stored.                                                                           |

    3\. To finish, click on the **Save** button.