# Cases and tool trolleys: issue the contents and tick them off

An engine timing case or a fully equipped tool trolley holds individual tools, each with its own inventory number and inspection date. Set up the case as a **container**: the contents go out automatically when it is issued, are ticked off on return – and anything missing stays with the employee.

![Tool page of a case: contents with their own tools](https://tulz.work/hilfe/bild/koffer-inhalt.webp?l=en&v=5fa552e3)

### Container or parts?

- **Container**: the contents are tools in their own right with an inventory number – they can also be borrowed, inspected and seen in the booking calendar individually.
- **Parts** (*Edit tool → Parts (tool set)*): small items without their own number – adapters, bolts, pins – that are only counted with the case.

You can combine both.

### Entering the contents (tool crib, foremen, administrators)

1. Open the tool page of the case or trolley.
2. In the **Contents (case/trolley)** section under **Put tool in**, enter or scan the inventory numbers – one per line.
3. *Add*.

The tools in the case show **in container** on their page, with a link to the case. **Take out** removes a tool again. A tool can only be in one container, containers cannot be nested, and the case and its contents belong to the same site (at most 100 tools per container).

### Issuing

When you issue the case – via *Issue tool*, pick list, kiosk or scan – Tulz issues all free tools inside it to the same employee. The confirmation lists them: *Issued together with KO-0003: …*. Anything currently not in the case (borrowed individually, defective, under inspection) is mentioned: *Missing from KO-0003: …*. If a tool inside is reserved for someone else, it stays in stock – Tulz tells you which one to take out of the case. *Extend* and *Hand over* apply to the case together with its contents.

### Returning

When the case is returned – by scanning it at the return desk, from the loans list or under *My day* – Tulz first opens **Check contents**: all tools issued with it, preset as returned. If one is missing, untick it – it stays on loan to the employee and Tulz reports *Missing from the container and still on loan to …*.

If a tool from the case is returned on its own, it counts as returned; the case stays on loan.

### Deleting

If the case is deleted, its contents are free again – the tools themselves are kept.

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Source: https://tulz.work/en/help/article/cases-and-tool-trolleys · As of 2026-10-22 · Tulz