Suppliers¶
GLPI supports suppliers management, in order to identity the supplier of an asset in asset management but also to attribute tickets to the supplier, either a person or a company.
When buying an equipment of make X from supplier Y, two distinct information must be managed in GLPI: the vendor (X) and the supplier (Y).
A supplier is characterized by a name, a third party type, a location (address, postal code, town, country) and a contact (web site, phone, fax…).
Supplier management allows to:
reference all suppliers of organization assets
ease contact in case of incident
include suppliers in GLPI assistance

-The different tabs¶
Associated Contacts¶
The Contacts tab is used to show or add linked contacts.

Note
There is a clear distinction between a supplier (which can be attached to assets) and a contact (which are the persons allowing to contact the supplier). Therefore, a supplier must be associated with contacts.
Example : M. Doe is sale assistant in company Foo. Create a supplier named Foo. Create a contact for M. Doe. Assign to this contact the type « Sale » Attach the contact to supplier Foo
Associated Contracts¶
The Contracts tab is used to show or add linked contracts.

For each associated contract, the name, number, contract type, supplier, start date and initial duration of the contract are listed. In the last field, the end date of the contract is also shown with a red display if the date is earlier than the current date.
Refer to contract management for more information.
Associated elements¶
The Items tab is used to show or add linked assets.

Documents¶
Additional information is stored in the form of external documents which are files uploaded into GLPI. In the Documents tab, documents can be associated and unlinked with the selected item. The management of the documents themselves is dealt with in another chapter.
It is also possible to quickly create a document via this tab by specifying the desired file and optionally the field in which the new document is to be placed. The name of the created document will be based on the name of the added file.

Note
When you delete a document from this tab via mass actions, you only remove the link between the object and the document; the document itself is still present.
Tickets¶
The Tickets tab is used to create a ticket associated with the current object. It also lists the tickets already linked to the object.

Note
A second table lists the tickets attached to the linked elements
Note
Any deletion or addition of a ticket is recorded in the history.
Problems¶
The Problems tab is used to create a problem associated with the current object. It also lists the changes already linked to the object.
This summary table includes for each object:
Status
Date (opening or expiry date, resolution or closing date depending on the status of the problem)
Priority
Requestor(s) and assigned technician(s)
Associated elements
Category
Name
Column indicating the number of scheduled tasks

Note
A second table lists the problems attached to the related elements
Note
Any deletion or addition of a problem is recorded in the history.
Changes¶
The Changes tab is used to create a change associated with the current object. It also lists the changes already linked to the object.
This summary table includes the following fields for each object:
Status
Date (opening or expiry date, resolution or closing date depending on the status of the change)
Priority
Requestor(s) and assigned technician(s)
Associated elements
Category
Name
Number of scheduled tasks

Note
A second table lists the changes attached to the related elements
Note
Any deletion or addition of a change is recorded in the history.
Associated External Links¶
The External links tab is used to show associated external links.
For some items, external links are managed from the menu Setup > External links.
These links can use object fields such as IP, name, etc. See Configure protocol external links.
Examples:
A web link: http://192.168.0.1 (IP retrieved from the network port of the hardware) ;
A RDP link for remote access: glpi://MSTSC.EXE,pc001 (name « pc001 » retrieved from the hardware).
Notes¶
The Notes tab provides a free text field for storing additional information. Notes are displayed in the order of their creation.

Knowledge base¶
The Knowledge base tab is used to show or add linked knowledge base articles.

History¶
The History tab is used to show any changes made to an item. The following information about the changes is available:
ID of the change.
Date and time the change was made.
User who made the change. If this field is not filled, it means that the action was done automatically (For example: automatic inventory update).
Field that was changed.
Description of the change that was made.
The description of the change represents either the difference between the old and the new value (For example with location field: Change HQ to Remote Office A), or the explanation of the action which was carried out (For example: Uninstallation of a software: « Gimp 2.0 »).
Note
For dropdowns or objects with a parent/child relationship, the modification of a child will appear in the history of the parent element.
All Information¶
For an item, all information is displayed on one page from the All tab. This shows all of the tabs of an object’s form in one view, one below the other.