Capabilities of QR code usage within quickbase.

Question

Our organization would like to attach QR codes to outdoor appliances across several locations. Ideally, a technician could then scan that QR code and have that appliance's record pulled up, along with options to: 1. perform maintenance/repairs, 2. view maintenance/repair history, 3. view a parts list for that appliance which could link to an order form. Are these functions possible using QR codes within Quickbase? And if so, what sort of general framework am I looking at to get something like this working?

Thanks, Coleman

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Coleman DuCharme
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MarkShnierYou · Answer

Yes, In general this is possible. The QR code could be the URL link to display the appliance record. While any smart phone can recognize a QR code natively through the camera app, in my experience, using a reasonably priced low cost app from the Apple App Store or Google play there are QR code readers which seem to latch onto the QR code in a blink of an eye, thus providing a much better user experience.

Once the user has landed on the record, then you can have buttons on that record to navigate to useful places or display reports.

I think the short answer is yes QuickBase is a good tool for this sort of field maintenance work but to be able to scope how big a project it would be to get a brand new app launched would take a one on one discussion.

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Mark Shnier (YQC)
mark.shnier@gmail.com
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