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title: "Prerequisites"
slug: "prerequisites"
updated: 2026-07-27T14:18:18Z
published: 2026-08-11T09:47:11Z
canonical: "help.idibilling.com/prerequisites"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.idibilling.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Prerequisites

- **Enable Web-based** **Inventory**

Web-based Inventory is not intended to work side by side with the existing IDI Desktop Client functionality. To use web-based Inventory you must request that IDI enable this functionality by toggling a Configuration Console setting (not available to IDI platform users).

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- **Set Up Inventories and Sites via IDI Desktop** **Client**

Inventories and sites must be set up via the IDI Desktop Client before you can begin using the web-based Equipment Inventory module. Refer to IDI Desktop Client Online Help for details.

#### Equipment Types

Create [Equipment Types](/v1/docs/working-with-equipment-types) as needed to establish basic (common) properties associated with a particular kind of equipment.