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description: When a client returns their equipment items either before or after receiving the Missing Items Invoice, you go back into Equipment Returns, find the original event ID by using the date range and searc
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# Item Returns

When a client returns their equipment items either before or after receiving the Missing Items Invoice, you go back into Equipment Returns, find the original event ID by using the date range and search functions.

Once you have found the original event, double-click to open it.

Select one of the items that was returned and you will see the \[Client Returns\] button become active.

Click the \[Client Returns\] button and enter the returned quantity.

When finished, click OK.  
Continue down the list until all items are marked returned, and then click \[Close\].  
Going through this process will ensure your items are back in inventory and be rented again.

**Reports – Dispatching** 

You can generate reports for any dispatching information. You can select to print a report from any of the three categories below:

Here is an example of the Equipment Delivery Reports grid:  
In this section, you have the option of utilizing the Time Clock feature, Assign Schedules, and run reports on staffing data.  
First select the date range and click the \[Refresh\] button. Your event list will show up. Then, select the report that you’d like to export or print to.

To print the report, click \[Print Selected\].

**Event Staffing**

In this section, you have the option of utilizing the Time Clock feature, Assign Schedules, and run reports on staffing data.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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