Reservation Test Types

Overview

Test types let you categorise reservations by what the booking is actually for, such as a durability run, a calibration session, or a diagnostics check. They are defined per department by an administrator. When test types are enabled for a department, users choose one while creating a reservation, giving every booking a clear purpose.

Categorised reservations also power the Statistics breakdowns, so you can see how a department’s vehicles and testbenches are used across different kinds of tests.

Per-department behaviour

• Test types are scoped to a single department. Each department maintains its own list.
• When a department has test types enabled, the reservation form shows a test type picker.
• When a department has no test types enabled, the reservation form shows no picker, and reservations are created without a test-type category.
• Test types configured for one department do not appear in another.

Manage test types in Admin

1. Open Admin → Test Types and select a department you manage.
2. Review the existing test types for that department, shown with how often each is used.
3. Create a test type by entering a name that describes the kind of testing (for example, Endurance, EMC, or Software update).
4. Edit a test type to rename it; existing reservations keep their assigned category.
5. Delete a test type you no longer need. Removing it stops it appearing in the picker for new reservations.

Enabling at least one test type for a department is what turns on the picker on the reservation form for that department.

Choosing a test type when booking

When you create a reservation for a vehicle or testbench in a department that uses test types:

• A Test type field appears in the reservation form.
• Pick the type that best matches the purpose of the booking.
• The selected type is stored with the reservation and shown in the reservation detail.

If the department does not use test types, this field is simply not shown and you can complete the booking as usual.

Test types in Statistics

• Reservations are grouped by test type in the Statistics views.
• This lets fleet managers see utilization by test type, revealing which kinds of testing consume the most vehicle and testbench time.
• Only reservations that carry a test type contribute to these breakdowns, so encouraging users to categorise their bookings keeps the numbers meaningful.

Tips

• Keep the list short and clear; a handful of well-named types is easier to report on than many overlapping ones.
• Use names your team already recognises so the picker is quick to use.
• Introduce test types before a reporting period so Statistics has categorised data to work with.