Tutorial: Creating Item Types, Subtypes, and Use Cases

This tutorial will guide you through creating Item Types, Item Subtypes, and Use Cases in your Arda workspace. These classifications help keep your inventory organized, speed up production workflows, and make material flow more predictable. You’ll learn how to build these from scratch, assign colors, and keep them structured for easy searching.

Prerequisites

• Access to your Arda workspace in Coda

• A basic understanding of your organization’s inventory categories

Steps

1. Create Item Types

1. Open the Item Types table in your Arda workspace.

2. Add each broad category your inventory needs. Examples:

   • Component

   • Consumable

   • Tooling

   • Material

   • Office Supplies

    

3. Assign a color to each Item Type to visually separate categories.

2. Add Item Subtypes

1. In the Item Subtypes column, click into an empty cell.

2. Select Add New to create a new subtype.

   • Example: Under Component, add Hardware.

   

   Or
   

   

3. Check the Item Subtypes table to confirm they are linked to the correct Item Type.

3. Create Use Cases

1. Open the Use Cases table.

2. Click the Plus (+) New Row button.

3. Enter a descriptive name for how the item will be used.

   • Example: Electrical

    

4. Assign a color for easy identification in workflows.

5. Repeat as needed to cover your primary workflows or production processes.

Summary

By completing this tutorial, you have:

• Defined broad Item Types for your inventory

• Created specific Item Subtypes to allow better filtering

• Added Use Cases that link items to their practical application

This setup ensures that everyone in your organization can quickly find, categorize, and use inventory items without confusion.