Project:Inventory system

Inventory system
Members	roberthl, ms7821
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We'd like to have an inventory system for cataloguing the space's equipment and supplies.

For now we're going to see how the Inventory page evolves, and then look in to what enhancements we need to make - if any.

Ideas

Here are some ideas I've had for the project, would appreciate comments. --Robert 13:33, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

The primary goal is to produce a flexible system for people who have an interest in keeping the inventory system up to date and comprehensive, while at the same time making it so people who don't care can accomplish what they need to in as little time as possible.

• File:Inventory Workflow 1.png

List

The application is centred around one list that contains all equipment, components, etc.

Item

The list is composed of items.

Categories

All items have one category.

For example

Component

Properties

Each item has properties common to all item types, and ones unique to its category.

For example (common)

Wiki page

Date acquired

Quantity

Identification description

Category

Location

For example (unique to "Components")

Reorder URL

Reorder Price

Queue

Items can be placed in to one or more queues, and can appear in queues multiple times (providing there is only one unresolved occurrence), to be processed at a later point.

For example

Reorder

Stock check

Disposal

Queue items

Linked to a regular item (extension of), but with the additional properties "Resolution" and "Resolution date" and attached to a queue.

Relation

Similar objects can be linked together, this can be resolved recursively up to a limit.

Log

All changes appear in a log with a change description, previous value, new value, user, and time.

Database schema

CREATE TABLE category (
    id TINYINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY_KEY,
    title VARCHAR(255)
);

CREATE TABLE item (
    id          MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
    title    VARCHAR(255)          NOT NULL UNIQUE,
    category      TINYINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL -- category.id
);

CREATE TABLE item_properties (
    id                INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
    item        MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, -- item.id
    property     SMALLINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, -- property.id
    `value`  VARCHAR(255)
);

CREATE TABLE item_links (
    id          INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
    item1 MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, -- item.id
    item2 MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL  -- item.id
);

CREATE TABLE property (
    id           SMALLINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
    category      TINYINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, -- category.id -- IF 0 THEN common
    name     VARCHAR(255)          NOT NULL
);

CREATE TABLE property_values (
    id                INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
    property     SMALLINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, -- property.id
    `value`  VARCHAR(255)          NOT NULL
);

CREATE TABLE queue (
    id TINYINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
    title VARCHAR(255)
);

-- Categories from which items may be a member of this queue.
CREATE TABLE queue_categories (
    id       SMALLINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
    queue     TINYINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, -- queue.id
    category  TINYINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL  -- category.id
);

-- items in a queue.
CREATE TABLE queue_items (
    id             INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
    queue      TINYINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, -- queue.id
    item     MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, -- item.id
    resolved   BOOLEAN          DEFAULT NULL -- 0 = Ignored, 1 = Done, NULL = Pending
);