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A Kit Member's Custody Comes From Its Kit

A Kit Member's Custody Comes From Its Kit

An individually tracked asset that sits in a kit can no longer be given custody on its own, from the asset page, the bulk action or the app. Assign custody to the kit, or take the asset out of the kit first.

An individually tracked asset that belonged to a kit could be put into someone's custody on its own from the asset page, the bulk Assign custody action on the assets index and the Shelf Companion app, while the batch scanner already refused it. The kit then read Available while one of its parts was with someone.

Now every path refuses it with the same reason: "Tripod" is part of kit "Interview Kit". Assign custody to the kit, or remove the asset from the kit first. The menus and the phone's Assign Custody button are greyed out with that reason before you click. Assign custody to the kit, or take the asset out of the kit and then assign it.

Quantity-tracked stock is not affected: a kit holds only its slice of a pool, so the free units can still go to someone directly. Custody that was already assigned to a kit member stays where it is, and kit custody works as before. See Custody a kit put there belongs to the kit.

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