Creating item classes

[cmorrice]

What is the problem you are trying to solve with this feature?

As I am getting started with HomeBox, I have quickly realized that there is a large amount of duplicated assets and information for the same product in different locations/different sub information.

What is the solution you are proposing?

Creating item classes or types would be very helpful. These types could have key shared information, such as name, manufacturer, etc. However, within this type could be actual "instantiations" that lets you set device specific information, such as location, serial numbers, quantity (of the specific instantiation), etc.

What alternatives have you considered?

Making hundreds of duplicates of a single product due to location, serial number, or other small differences is unmaintainable.

Additional context

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Contributions

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[tankerkiller125]

Covered as part of #251