Managing Units

Units in K2 are defined as an area that can be leased. Units allow you to assign various locations as one unit (for example: a tenant may wish to lease three offices in three different buildings under one lease agreement). Another example would include where several floors within the same building are leased to different tenants.

Adding or Editing a Unit

To add or edit a unit, do one of the following:

Navigate to Organisation > Units > New Unit to add a unit.

Double-click an existing unit in the Navigator panel.

Search for and open the relevant existing unit.

The Unit Editor is displayed.

Enter or edit the relevant details.

The fields on the Unit Editor are described in the following table:

This field…	Holds this information...
Unit Number	A unique reference number for the unit.
Unit Name	The name of the unit.
Manage Units	Click the link to display the Unit Location Item List screen, where you can manage units. This link is only enabled after saving the unit record. Refer to Managing Unit Location Items for further information.
Unit Type	The type of unit (for example functional, hereditament and so on). These can be defined in Unit Type Reference Data (accessed by navigating to Functions > Core > Reference Data > Units).
Unit Status	The unit's physical status. These can be defined in Physical Status Reference Data (accessed by navigating to Functions > Core > Reference Data > Core).
Occupancy Status	The unit's occupancy status (for example: let, vacant and so on). These can be defined in Unit Occupancy Status Reference Data (accessed by navigating to Functions > Core > Reference Data > Units).
Physical/Invoice/Postal/Trade	Select from the drop-down list to display the physical, invoice, postal or trade address for the unit. Double-clicking in the field displays the Edit Address Details window, where you can edit the details for the address type.
Owner	The business unit that owns the unit.
Global Analysis	The level of global analysis. These can be defined in Global Analysis Reference Data (accessed by navigating to Functions > Core > Reference Data > Core).
Insurance Responsibility	Who is responsible for the unit's insurance. These can be defined in Insurance Responsibility Reference Data (accessed by navigating to Estates > Valuation > Valuation).

Click Save.
Click on the Unit Summary tab.

Where a Unit(s) has a linked building with no Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) either Domestic or Non-Domestic a banner will be displayed.

Where a Unit(s) has a linked building with an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) either Domestic or Non-Domestic and a rating of F or below a banner will be displayed.

Where a Unit(s) has a linked building with an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) either Domestic or Non-Domestic and a rating of E or above no banner will be displayed.

Where a Unit(s) has a linked building with an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) either Domestic or Non-Domestic and the Valid Until Date is set as today's date or in the past, the expired banner will be displayed.

Where the system setting Enforce EPC Warning has been set to UnitAndLease or UnitOnly, the Energy Performance Certificate banner will display if the criteria are met.

Where Energy Performance Exempt has been selected in the Building Editor no banner will be displayed.

Adding a Unit Schedule

Unit schedules allow you to record one-off or recurring events for a unit.

Unit records must be saved to be able to add a unit schedule.

To add a unit schedule:

Open the relevant unit record.
Select New Unit Schedule from the Tasks panel.

The Event Schedule window is displayed.

Enter the details, as required.

The fields on the Event Schedule window are described in the following table:

This field…	Holds this information...
Schedule for Type	This defaults to 'Unit Event'.
Schedule for Item	This defaults to the unit details the event schedule is for.
Event Type	The type of event. These can be defined in Unit Event Type Reference Data (accessed by navigating to Organisation > Unit > Units).
Event Description	A description of the event.
Set Start Date	This field is not available for unit events.
Start Date	The start date.
Single Occurrence	Whether the event is a one-off occurrence.
End Date	The end date. Select whether there is no end date, whether the event is to end after a specific number of occurrences, or whether to end on a specific date.
Notify	Whether a notification is required for the event(s). Enter the details of how far in advance of or after the event(s) that the notifications are displayed.
Recurrence Span	The frequency of the event recurs.

Do one of the following:
Click Save and Add New to save the event and add another one
Click Save and Close to save the event and close the Event Schedule window
Click Cancel to cancel the schedule
Click Delete to delete the schedule

You can then select Unit Events from the Associated Items panel (once at least one event exists) to view and edit events.

Managing Unit Location Items

Use the Manage Unit Location Items screen to manage a unit's locations.

The screen can be accessed by clicking the Click here to Manage Units link in the Unit Editor.

The unit record must be saved before this link is enabled.

To add or edit a location:

Click the New button.

Alternatively, double-click an existing unit location record to edit it.

The Edit Unit Location window is displayed.

Enter or edit the details as required.

The fields on the Edit Unit Location window are described in the following table:

This field…	Holds this information...
Location	The location. Click the Location button to display the Select location window. Use the level selector to select the relevant room, floor, zone, sub-block, building, site or business unit.
Parent Unit	The parent unit of the location. This is populated automatically based on the selected unit record.
Name	The name of the location. This is populated automatically based on the selected location.
Is Internal	Whether the location is an internal space. This is populated automatically based on the selected location and can only be edited in the location's record.
Total Area	This is populated automatically based on the selected location and cannot be edited. Select from the adjacent drop-down list to change the metric of the area measurement.
% Area	The percentage of the total area allocated to the unit. Editing this field automatically amends the Allocated Area field.
Allocated Area	The area allocated to the unit. This is populated automatically based on the % Area of the Total Area but can be edited. Editing this field automatically amends the % Area field.

Click OK.

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