Location Types and Attributes: Define What Each Place Holds Documentation

A location type describes a kind of place, such as a venue, a warehouse, or an office, and decides which details a location of that type shows. The details themselves are attributes, kept in one library and placed onto types in sections. Organization admins manage both under Settings › Types › Locations, which has a Types tab and an Attributes tab.

Create Attributes

On the Attributes tab, add an attribute with a name and a type. Choose the type carefully: a rename later changes only the name, never the type or its options.

Attribute type	Holds
Text, Rich Text	Free text
Number	A number
Date, DateTime	A date, or a date with a time
Checkbox	Yes or no
Link	A web address
Select, Multi Select	One or several options from a list you define (at least two options)
File, Multi File	Uploaded files
Collaborator, Multi Collaborator	Collaborators from your collaborator database
Crew Member, Multi Crew Member	Crew members from your crew database

Build a Type

Create the type

On the Types tab, add a type with a name, an icon, and a color. It starts with one section named Details.

Add sections

Add sections to group related attributes, such as "Load-in" or "Power". Rename, remove, and drag sections into order.

Place attributes

Add attributes from the library into each section and drag them into order. Archived attributes cannot be placed.

Removing an attribute from a section leaves it in the library and keeps the values locations already hold.

Deleting Types and Attributes

BackOps protects data that is in use:

A type that any location uses is archived instead of deleted. Those locations keep their type and values, but the type is no longer offered when adding a location or changing a location's type. A type nobody uses is deleted with its sections.
An attribute that any location holds a value for is archived instead of deleted. An attribute with no values is deleted.

Location types carry attributes only. They have no roles or effects.