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asset-inventory
Which notebooks run out of warranty this year, who has the spare monitor, how old is the switch? A list answers that, and most small companies do not have one. This one works at once: add devices or import the spreadsheet you already have, see what is out of warranty or due for replacement, and export it as CSV.
Off: the list is gone when you close the tab. On: it stays in this browser's storage until you untick it. Either way it is never sent anywhere.
Paste rows from a spreadsheet instead
Copy the cells in Excel or LibreOffice, including the line with the column names, and paste them here.
an inventory that stays true
- Put a tag on every device on the day it arrives, before it is handed out. Later never comes.
- The tag is a number, not a description: IT-0142, not "Anna's notebook". Users change.
- Record the serial number as well. Warranty look-ups, theft reports and the vendor's support all ask for it.
- Change the user in the list at the handover, as part of onboarding and offboarding.
- Once a year, walk through the rooms with the printed list. What is in the list and not in the room is the interesting part.
- When a device leaves for good: wipe the drive, note the date, keep the row.
The import understands comma, semicolon and tab separated files and recognises column names in English and German (Tag, Typ, Modell, Seriennummer, Benutzer, Standort, Kaufdatum, Garantie, Preis, Notiz). Rows with a tag that is already in the list update that device. Dates as 2026-10-06, 06.10.2026 or 10/06/2026 (month first). For more than a few hundred devices, or when several people must edit, use a real inventory system: Snipe-IT and GLPI are free. Related: hardware buying guide, product lifecycle dates, rack planner, new PC set-up checklist.