Plan disposal of consumable assets

  • Release version: Xanadu
  • Updated August 1, 2024
  • 1 minute to read

    • Make the consumable assets that are no longer required in your stockrooms ready for disposal.

    Before you begin

    Role required: asset, itil, itil_admin

    Know that the Planned for disposal column in the Consumable [alm_consumable] table indicates if the consumable asset is marked for disposal or not.

    About this task

    When you mark assets for disposal, you are only making them available for disposal. To dispose of the consumable assets, you should create a disposal order in the Hardware Asset Management application.

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > Asset > Consumables.
    2. In the consumable record on the top right of the page, click Mark for disposal.
      Mark for disposal appears only for consumable assets that are in the In stock state and not marked for disposal.
      The state and substate of the consumable asset change to In stock and Pending disposal.
    3. In the Planned for disposal dialog box, enter the total quantity or partial quantity of the consumable asset.
      If you enter a partial quantity, a new consumable record is created with the substate as pending disposal. If you enter a total quantity, the consumable's record substatus changes to "pending disposal" and you return to the same consumable record.
      After you mark the consumable asset for disposal, Mark for disposal no longer appears.
      Note:
      Only a consumable marked for disposal is included in a disposal order. After you mark a consumable for disposal, it does not get merged with another consumable record.
    4. Select Cancel from disposal to cancel disposing a consumable asset.
      Cancel from disposal appears if the Planned for disposal column for the consumable is set to true and the Disposal number field is blank.
    5. In the Cancel from disposal dialog box, select a stockroom.
      If a stockroom is already selected, then the Stockroom field is read-only.
    6. Select a substate and select OK.
      The Planned for disposal column is set to false. If you added this consumable record to a disposal record, the planned asset record is deleted.

    What to do next

    Create a disposal order.