Add or edit a building
Buildings are assigned to campuses with a unique name, and contain floors or levels, a location, and utilization thresholds.
Before you begin
Role required: admin
Procedure
Navigate to All > Facilities > Space Management > Building.
Continue with one of the following options.
| Option | Action |
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| To add a building |
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| To edit the details of the building | - Click the name of the building you want to edit. |
- Fill in the fields on the form, as appropriate.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Provide a descriptive name for this building. |
| Campus | Select the campus where this building is located. |
| Floors | Enter the number of floors the building has. |
| Location | Select the location for this building. Define the locations in Organization Management. A good practice is to select a location that is defined at the address, not at the floor level. Floors are defined separately in Facilities Service Management. |
| Assignable area | Displays only the area of the building that is assignable to users. |
| Usable area | Enter only the area of the building that is available for the creation of spaces. |
| Gross area | Enter the total area of the building, including non-usable and non-assignable spaces. |
| Area unit | Select the unit used for defining the space size: square feet or square meters. Note: The Area unit assigned to all spaces must be consistent for the roll-up calculations to work properly. See Space roll up calculations. |
| Current occupancy | Displays the number of users currently associated with the space. Calculation is generated using business rules on the Associated User [m2m_fm_user_to_space] table. Note: This field depends on the Occupiable option being selected. |
| Max occupancy | Displays max occupancy of the building based on rollup calculations from the spaces below it. Note: This field depends on the Occupiable option being selected. |
| Percent occupied | Displays the percentage of total space occupied based on rollup calculations from the spaces below it. Note: This field depends on the Occupiable option being selected. |
| Utilization Min | Enter a number to define the minimum level of utilization for the building. |
| Utilization Max | Enter a number to define the maximum level of utilization for the building. |
Click Save and the Related Links section displays.
- Show Floor Plan: Click to display a floor plan of the selected floor.
- View Facilities Schedule: Click to create a facilities schedule blackout and prevent work from being performed in a defined area for a scheduled time period.
Three tabs appear:
Levels: List of levels for the building. Click New to create a level or on an existing level to edit.
- Assets: List of assets associated with the building. Click New to create an asset or on an existing asset to edit.
- Expense Lines: List of expense lines for the building. Click New to create an expense line or on an existing expense line to edit.
- Continue with one of the following options.
| Option | Action |
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| To add the building |
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| To update the building details |
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Parent Topic:Customer-created maps