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Catalog items are all the objects that can be used in other modules but are often not physically available at the customer’s location or only represent certain consumables in general (e.g. a ‘Coffee’ does not mean a specific cup of coffee already waiting to be reserved, but the general concept of a cup of coffee, which will be created just ahead of time), as opposed to assets, which are all the objects that are physically present. Therefore, as the name suggested, catalog items are part of a catalog of potential objects. These catalog items can be used for multiple purposes:
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