What is appless access in Scanlily?

Appless access allows anyone to view and potentially edit inventory information by scanning QR codes with their phone camera, accessing data through a web browser without installing any app or creating an account.

How does appless access benefit my organization?

It eliminates training requirements, reduces app management overhead, enables instant access for temporary workers, customers, or partners, and allows field updates without software deployment.

Can I control what information is visible through appless scanning?

Yes, administrators have complete control over which fields are visible, hidden, or editable for each item type, ensuring sensitive data like costs stay private while operational data remains accessible.

What kind of content can be accessed applessly?

Users can view item details, pictures, documents, notes, reminders, and any attachments you've added, creating a complete information portal accessible through a simple QR scan.

Can workers update inventory without the app?

Yes, administrators can set specific fields like quantities as publicly editable, allowing workers to scan items and update counts directly through their phone's web browser.

How do Item Types relate to appless access?

Item Types define which attributes appear for different categories of items, allowing you to create custom public profiles - books might show different fields than appliances or tools.

Is appless access secure?

Yes, administrators maintain complete control over access levels, and the system only exposes fields explicitly marked as public, keeping all sensitive data protected by default.

Who typically uses appless access?

Warehouse workers updating quantities, customers checking equipment availability, field technicians logging maintenance, students viewing lab equipment, tenants accessing appliance manuals - anyone who needs quick inventory access without app installation.

Access Applessly

Scanlily QRs can be set to "Public" so that others can view the information without having Scanlily downloaded on their phone! Anyone who scans the QR code with their phone's camera app will have access to the inventory item information through their phone's web browser. This can include pictures and reminders as well as notes and documents.

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Item Types

You can define an Item Type, which is a specific set of attributes (fields) that show for an item. Different items can have different item types.

For example, you could have an item type “Book” with attributes including “Cost,” “Price,” “Number of Pages,” and “Publisher”. You might also have appliances as items in your system. For those items Number of Pages is not relevant, so your items of type “Appliance” might have different attributes such as “Voltage”, “Model Number”, and “Warranty Expiration Date”.

Item screen with Item Type clicked on showing the list of possible Item Types a user has defined

Edit Item Type screen with checked and unchecked fields displayed

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