Page Revision for Moving installations | Rappt.io Help & User guides

In order to move an installation you must have either:

been the one who added the installation to the project, or
a Manager or Administrator role in the project

~~NOTE: No records are ever lost when moving installations, however moving hardware l~~

Moving an installation that already has records associated with it

If you are physically moving an installation that already has records associated with it, best practice is to to ~~“retire”~~“retire” the installation ~~and~~ and create a new one in the new location. This keeps old records correctly associated with the old location.

If you wish, you can create the new installation with the same name.

The retired locations can be viewed by setting the "retired" filter in map views and reports.

Moving an installation that has been incorrectly located on the project map

If an installation is incorrectly located on your project map (or you want to adjust the location for another reason):

Select the installation you want to relocate from either a list of installations, or by clicking on it on a map
The page for that installation will load
Click the "Edit" button
The "Edit installation" page will load
Zoom in on the trap on the map, so that its current location and the location you want to move it to, are both visible.
Click the "Draw a point" icon on the map
Click on the new location for this installation on the map
A dialog box will appear, asking you to confirm that you want to move the installation's location on the map
Click "OK" to confirm
The map will now show a green square where the installation will be moved to
Click the green "Save" button at the bottom of the page to save your changes
The page for that installation will load, showing the installation at the new location on the map

For video help, click the youtube link here https://youtu.be/244cp2wbmSk