Asset actions overview

The Actions menu is where you record the everyday things that happen to your assets — who has them, where they are, when they’re retired, and how their value changes over time. This page introduces each action and points you to a full how-to for it.

What’s in the Actions menu

Everything below lives under Actions in the left sidebar. Most actions let you scan or pick one or more assets, fill in a few details, and save — Wasp Asset then keeps a permanent record you can review later on the History page.

Action	What it does	When to use it
Check Out	Assigns an asset to an employee, customer, or vendor	Someone is taking an asset to use
Check In	Returns a checked-out asset	An asset comes back
Move	Relocates an asset to another site, location, or group	An asset changes where it lives
Dispose	Retires an asset with a Dispose Reason	An asset is scrapped, sold, or otherwise removed from service
Recover	Brings a disposed asset back with a Recovery Reason	An asset was disposed by mistake or returns to service
Convert Asset	Converts units of a multi-quantity asset into individually-tagged fixed assets	You want to track items individually with their own tags instead of by quantity — for example, tagging bulk-bought laptops as they go into service
Calculate Depreciation	Updates book values for your depreciating assets	You need current values for finance or reporting
Mass Update	Changes one or more fields across many assets at once	You need to edit lots of assets the same way
History	Shows every asset transaction, with filtering	You want to see what happened and when
Change Log	Field-level audit trail of edits	You need to see exactly what changed on a record
Archived Transactions	Older transactions moved out of the main history	You’re looking for a transaction that’s no longer in History

Where to go next

• Checking out an asset
• Checking in an asset
• Moving an asset
• Disposing an asset
• Recovering an asset
• Converting an asset
• Calculating depreciation
• Mass update
• Transaction history & change log

Note

The actions you can see depend on your role and your edition (Basic or Complete). If an action described here isn’t in your menu, your administrator may not have granted it, or it may not be part of your edition.

Tip

Many actions can also be started straight from an asset list — select one or more assets, then choose the action. That’s often quicker than opening the action first and searching for the asset again.

Caution

A few actions work across many assets at once and have no single undo — Dispose, Recover, Mass Update, and Calculate Depreciation. Filter your selection carefully and double-check your values before saving. (Dispose and Recover can be reversed by each other; Mass Update and Calculate Depreciation you’d have to re-run to correct.)

Related

• Viewing assets — find and select assets to act on
• Lookups — set up the sites, people, reasons, and methods actions depend on
• Move orders — request and fulfill moves someone else carries out
• Reports — report on the activity these actions record