Managing capacity object types

What are capacity object types

Capacity object types are used for categorizing capacity objects. Capacity objects represent the company's spatial resources such as workstations and meeting rooms. Together this information can be used in office analytics to view utilization of specific subset of resources, for example.

Capacity object types are connected to EG Worksense employee experience indirectly via the reporting type which is a property of capacity object type. Reporting type determines how the resources are displayed in EG Worksense. There are five different reporting types: workstation, meeting space, restaurant, parking space, phone booth. If reporting type is left empty, users can still see the capacity objects using that capacity object type but they will not be able to filter the floor plan based on that reporting type. 

Editing capacity object types

Capacity object types are managed in EG Optimaze Space application. 

1. Log in to EG Optimaze
2. Navigate to Space application
3. Click Administration -tab and select Capacity object types
4. Click + next to the main type to edit its subtypes
5. Click Edit.. to make changes to main or subtypes

Adding reporting type for a capacity object type

You can specify reporting type only for main capacity object types, not subtypes. 

1. Click Edit.. next to main capacity object type

2. Select a reporting type from the drop-down list 

   1. Select Meeting space as a reporting type, if you are using meeting room booking feature

   2. Select Workstation as a reporting type, if you are using workstation booking feature
   3. Select Phone booth as a reporting type for phone booths
   4. Select Parking space as a reporting type, if you are using Parking info feature

   5. Select Restaurant as a reporting type if you are using restaurant sensors

3. Click Save

Adding time delay for a capacity object type

Time delay means the duration how long a sensor-monitored place (e.g. meeting room, workstation, parking spot) is shown as recently occupied in EG Worksense. Generally speaking the time delay gives a signal to an employee that the room or seat has recently been in use.

Time delay is set for a capacity object main type or its subtype. 

1. Click Edit.. next to main capacity object type or its subtype
2. Add Time delay 
3. Click Save

4. Time delay for a capacity object main type will automatically be applied to its subtypes

Best practices for choosing the duration for time delays

• Workstations - We recommend to set up a time delay based on your company’s clean desk policy OR at least for the duration of lunch / a one-hour meeting

• Meeting rooms - We recommend to set up a 5-10 minute time delay for meeting rooms to signal it has been recently used

• Phone booths - Phone booths don’t necessarily need a time delay, they are generally meant for quick ad hoc use

Enabling usable capacity for a capacity object type

If you want to show a capacity object out of use in EG Worksense, you need to first enable usable capacity for a main capacity object type. After this you can edit a capacity. object's usable capacity on a floor plan, instructions here.

1. Click Edit.. next to main capacity object type
2. Enable usable capacity by ticking the box on Capacity object type has usable capacity
3. Click Save