Build your device repair intake.
Keep device faults, technician assignments and loan equipment linked to the repair.
How to build your device repair intake
Describe the job
Keep device faults, technician assignments and loan equipment linked to the repair.
Review the first version
Choose how the service desk coordinator records the asset serial and how the it technician reviews the next step.
Refine the views
Ask First to adjust the fields and views for the people who will use the app.
Test before sharing
Walk through the process with a sample record and check who owns the next action.
A device repair intake example
A laptop is sent for repair and a loan device is issued.
Device repair intake example
- Record
- Device repair intake · 01
- Owner
- Service desk coordinator
Current stage · Service desk coordinator
Open the asset serial
A laptop is sent for repair and a loan device is issued.
Read the full walkthrough
Open the asset serial
A laptop is sent for repair and a loan device is issued.
- Record:
- Device repair intake · 01
- Owner:
- Service desk coordinator
Review the return
Keep the two serials and custody records distinct until both handovers are confirmed.
- Stage:
- Awaiting it technician review
- Owner:
- IT technician
Record the return condition and any unresolved fault
Record the return condition and any unresolved fault before closing the repair.
- Next action:
- Record the return condition and any unresolved fault before closing the repair.
- Owner:
- Service owner
What to include in your device repair intake
Keep the asset serial in context
Keep asset serial, reported issue, assigned technician, loan device, work status and return together so the next person can understand the request or record.
When the next step needs a decision
A laptop is sent for repair and a loan device is issued. Keep the two serials and custody records distinct until both handovers are confirmed.
Keep return visible
Record the return condition and any unresolved fault before closing the repair.
Choose what each person needs
Give the service desk coordinator a working view and the it technician a review view. Keep asset serial and reported issue attached to the decision as the work moves between them.
Questions about device repair intake
Start with asset serial, reported issue, assigned technician, loan device, work status and return. Describe who enters the information and who reviews the next step.