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Difficulty: starter / novice

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Learning Objectives

After reading this article, you’ll be able to:

  • Understand the object model within Workplace

Workplace Object model

  • There are currently more than 500 objects available in Workplace, some examples of objects are Request, Contract, WorkOrder, Reservation, Property, Area, Asset, Invoice, etc.

  • Each unique appearance of an object is called an instance. Whenever we create a new instance of an object in Workplace, the reference will be automatically generated and is an unique identifier of the object. For Properties this could look like: PRP-000001, PRP-000002, PRP-000003.

 Instances further explained.

To try and make instances a bit more clear we could use the Property or Reservation Object as an example. In the figure we can see that Property (the object) can have multiple instances, different buildings are instances of the object Property.

When we look at Reservation (the object) we see that we could have multiple Reservations. And while we could have more than one meeting room Reservation, each meeting room Reservation would be a new instance with a unique reference.

  • Relevant properties of objects are stored in fields.

    • Object Person: possible fields are name, gender

    • Object Properties: Possible fields are name, type (“office building”)

    • Object Assets: possible fields are type (“beamer”), brand

  • Objects in Workplace can be linked to other objects by using Id fields. For more info on this check out Linking via id-fields + magnifying glass.

 Linking objects further explained

The Asset object for example can be linked to many different objects. Each asset could belong to a specific Property and Area.

  • A beamer f.e. can only be reserved in a specific meeting room within a property.

  • A coffee machine might belong to a specific supplier that checks the machine every few years. This could be registered using specific contracts.

  • Objects can have categories, which predefine the way the instance page will look, what workflow will be used etc. For more info about categories check out Categories and fields.

Summary

Exercise

  • #1 Make a new instance of the Property Object
  • #2 Link a Property owner to this instance

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