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Warehouse Infrastructures

How to Create a Warehouse Profile?

1. Open the Visp Web App

How to Create a Warehouse Profile - Visp App

2. Click the nine-dot menu in the upper right corner to open the VISP Admin Page.

How to Create a Warehouse Profile - Visp App

3. Click on Equipment

How to Create a Warehouse Profile - Visp App

4. Select Infrastructure Profile

How to Create a Warehouse Profile - Visp App

5. Click on Infrastructure Profile

An Infrastructure Profile is only a framework or blueprint with pre-designed metadata fields for filling in custom and relevant information about specific warehouses.

How to Create a Warehouse Profile - Visp App

6. Input the Warehouse Infrastructure Name

How to Create a Warehouse Profile - Visp App

7. Input a Brief Summary

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8. Click on ​Type

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9. Use the dropdown and select Warehouse.

How to Create a Warehouse Profile - Visp App

10. Input a Description for the profile.

How to Create a Warehouse Profile - Visp App

11. Input the Metadata field/s relevant your ISP’s warehouses.

How to Create a Warehouse Profile - Visp App

12. Click on the Data Type field.

How to Create a Warehouse Profile - Visp App

13. Use the dropdown to select a data type.

A data type is a classification or a category that determines the type of data that a value (that the field) can hold.

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14. Input a Default Value, that the field displays.

How to Create a Warehouse Profile - Visp App

15. Click on Add to save the changes.

How to Create a Warehouse Profile - Visp App

How to Add a Warehouse in Infrastructure Locations?

16. Click on IRM

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17. Click on the plus icon.

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18. Input the Warehouse Name

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19. Click on the “Infrastructure Profile” field and use the dropdown to select the Office Warehouse profile you created.

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20. Input the Elevation

How to Create a Warehouse Profile - Visp App

21. Input the value for the metadata field.

How to Create a Warehouse Profile - Visp App

22. Click on the Address 1 field.

How to Create a Warehouse Profile - Visp App

23. Input the address of the Warehouse.

How to Create a Warehouse Profile - Visp App

24. Use the auto-suggest, and select the closest Address to the Warehouse from the list.

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25. Click on the refresh icon beside the Longitude to auto-populate the coordinates.

If the Address 1 field does not provide a valid location, you can use the coordinates of the Warehouse as an alternative

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26. (Optional) Upload a picture of the warehouse, for reference.

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27. Click on Save

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How to Add Sub-Locations or Rooms in Your Warehouse?

28. What are sub-locations?

In the context of infrastructure, sub-locations refer to the smaller, more specific components, rooms, or areas within a larger infrastructure system.
Within communication networks like Internet Service Providers (ISPs), sub-locations can include data exchange points (DEPs), network operation centers (NOCs), fiber optic distribution points, and equipment rooms .

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29. Click on Warehouse

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30. Use the list and select the Warehouse

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31. Click on the pencil icon.

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32. Click on the Sub-Location

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33. Click on the Name field and modify the name.

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34. Click on Save

In this example, an Inventory Room is added in the Warehouse infrastructure.

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35. Click on Add Sub-Location

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36. Input the Name.

In this example, a Disposal Room is added.

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37. Save your work when done.

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38. Click on Add Sub-Location

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39. Input the Name

In this example, an RMA Room is added.

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40. Click on Save

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41. Click on the X icon to close the panel.

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42. Click the pencil icon in the Contacts field.

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43. Click on Add Contact

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44. Input the First Name

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45. Input the Last Name

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46. Input the Company and Notes

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47. Click on the Address 1 field.

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48. Use the auto-suggest to select a valid location.

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49. Input the Email address.

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50. Click on the Type

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51. Use the dropdown to select Primary.

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52. Input the Phone Number

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53. Click on the Type field.

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54. Use the Type dropdown to select mobile.

Note, that the customer can use either of the phone types listed.

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55. Click on Save

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56. Click on the X icon to close the panel.

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57. Click on highlight

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58. Click on Warehouse, in the Infrastructure Locations panel

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59. Click and verify that the Warehouse is successfully added.

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60. Click on the X icon to close the Warehouse panel.

How to Create a Warehouse Profile - Visp App

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