Mark an area as vacant

Use this procedure to change a room's occupancy to Vacant so the system can apply the correct compliance rules and generate required flushing jobs. This article is for engineers working in the mobile app or location configuration.

Note

Required role: Engineer

Mark a room as vacant during a visit

1. In Visits, tap the visit card. The visit card is also available on My BriqSafe.
2. Find the room's job section and tap Floorplan in the section header. Tapping the section name only folds the section.
3. When the floor plan opens, tap the room.
4. In the footer, tap Mark as Vacant.

A successful update displays Room marked as vacant. The occupancy belongs to the Area, so it remains after the visit and is not stored only on the asset or job.

Set the room back to in use

Open the room from the floor plan and tap Mark as In Use in the footer.

Set a room's occupancy from the location

1. Open the location's Structures tab.
2. Switch to the Hierarchy view.
3. Open the room row's actions menu and choose Edit.
4. Set Occupancy to Vacant.
5. Choose Save changes.

To record that the room is occupied again, set Occupancy to In Use and choose Save changes.

Important details

• Occupancy has only two values: In Use and Vacant.
• The occupancy control appears on rooms, not floors. Choosing Edit on a floor row opens an edit sheet without an Occupancy control.
• Jobs assigned to a whole Structure or System have no Area. They appear under All Jobs, which has no Floorplan button, so the plan cannot be opened from that section.
• The footer button appears only for users who can update Areas.
• A new Area takes its occupancy from its Area type unless it is set explicitly. Area types default to In Use.

Troubleshooting

If the update fails, the app displays Failed to mark room as vacant and leaves the room unchanged.

Video walkthrough

1. 1Mark an Area as Vacant