Adding assets from other Lawson applications

This chapter describes how to add assets based on information interfaced from:

  • Lawson Procurement

  • Project Accounting

  • Bar-coded data scanned by a handheld terminal

This process, which lets you add multiple assets interfaced from other Lawson applications or from a handheld terminal, is also called Mass Addition.

Note: The Mass Addition process creates assets in an Entered state. You can still modify the assets before you release them.

There are other ways to add assets, which are described in other chapters of this user guide.

To Then
Add non-leased assets directly into Asset Management Adding assets
Add leased assets directly into Asset Management

Adding leased assets

Note: Adding leased assets involve processes that are parallel to the processes for adding assets described elsewhere in this user guide.

Adding assets

But they require additional setup tasks on the Lease Management application side, and use a separate set of Asset Management forms.

Interface assets from non-Lawson applications Interfacing non-Lawson assets

Before adding an asset to the Asset Management application, you must perform setup tasks. Setting up Asset Management Setting up reporting parameters Setting up processing parameters

Before interfacing bar-coded assets, you must also complete bar coding setup tasks. Setting up bar coding If you are interfacing assets from another Lawson application, see the application documentation for setup requirements.