Customizable chain-of-custody fields

The first two fields on the ‘Misc. Fields’ tab are the ‘Issued To / From’ and ‘Checked Out Reason’. These two fields are found in the Chain of Custody section of the site. When you check out any items in the system, you will see the screen shot below. There are only two fields which are ‘Issued To’ and ‘Reason Checking Out’.

The customization section allows you to perform two functions on these fields. First, you can change either field from a text to a drop down or a drop down to a text. In this example, Issued To is a text field. In some agencies (very few) you already know every option available for who you could issue an item to. If you are in this situation, you may want this field to be a drop down. When you change to a drop down, you will then want to populate every option in this drop down. The Checking Out option will show the same list.

Customizable Disposition Fields

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The next 7 fields in the Misc. Field tab are related to the disposition screen. When disposing of an item there are many more options than when you change custody on an item.

This section does not explain the purpose of each option but focuses on that fact that you can change the properties of each of these sections. Customization allows you to change the label on each field and add / remove options to existing drop downs.