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Learning Objectives

After reading this article you will be able to:

  • Understand the object model within Workplace.

Workplace Object model

  • There are currently more than 500 objects available in Workplace,. Examples of objects are Request, Contract, Work Order, Reservation, Property, Area, Asset, and Invoice.

  • 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 explained

To try and make instances a bit more clear we could use the Property or Reservation Object as an example. In the screenshot above you can see that Property (the object) can have multiple instances. In other words 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.

Object fields

Relevant properties/ information of objects are stored in fields. The term objectFields is used to indicate a field belonging to an object. Below, some examples are provided of (object)fields:

Object

Example of reference

Examples of objectField

Property

PRP-00504

name, ownerContactId, constructionDate

Asset

AST-235689

type, brand, supplierContactId

Person

PRS-12345

firstName, reference, gender

Reservation

RES-22002658

subject., startDate, endDate

Linking objects to each other

Objects in Workplace can be linked to other objects by using Id-fields. For more info on this check out Hyperlinks and linking objects via Id-fields.

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

  • A beamer, can for example, 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.

Summary

Exercise

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

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