Attached Items
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You can specify other pieces of equipment as support equipment through the use of the attached parts function. This is useful for things such as power supplies, monitors or cases. Here you can enter any pieces of equipment you may wish to bundle with the currently selected piece of equipment.

Clicking on the "+" button by the 'Attached Parts' brings up a grid that can be used to select the equipment you wish to attach. You can only select equipment that has already been entered in RentalDesk.

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The grid shows:

·Description – click to select the equipment to attach. The equipment must already be entered into your inventory before it can be attached to another piece of equipment.  
·Quantity – how many you wish to attach for each one of the main type.  
·Prompt – if this box is checked it will ask the user when they select the equipment whether they want it or not – if it isn't checked it will be automatically added to the equipment list.  
·No charge – if this is checked the equipment will be added to the list free of charge – such as for spares.  
·Attached Items are Components – If you check this box three things will happen when the attached parts are added to an equipment list:  

1.they will be have a special flag associated with them that can be used to change the appearance of the attached items in printouts, as explained in THIS article  
2.they appear on the equipment list with a yellow background, distinguishing them from other types on the list  
3.they get set to the same category as their master Type, thus keeping them together on print outs