> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.opmaint.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Getting started

> Set up Opmaint in the right order so your locations, assets, people and work all link together.

Everything in Opmaint points to something else. An asset sits in a zone, a zone sits in a location, a work order is raised on an asset and assigned to a user. Set things up in this order and each step has what it needs from the one before.

**1. Add your locations**

Make sure you are in the right [branch](/branches), your plant or store, then create the locations within it. See [Locations and zones](/locations-and-zones).

**2. Add zones and subzones**

Break each location into the physical areas where equipment actually sits, such as a utility block, a production hall or a floor.

**3. Create asset types**

Group similar equipment, such as compressors, DG sets, chillers or fire extinguishers, so you can filter and report on them together.

**4. Build your asset register**

Add every asset with its type, location and zone. See [Assets](/assets).

**5. Invite your team**

Add users, give each one the right role, and group them into teams. See [Users and roles](/users-and-roles) and [Teams](/teams).

**6. Add vendors and parts**

Add the suppliers and contractors you work with, then your spare parts stock. See [Vendors](/vendors) and [Parts and inventory](/parts-and-inventory).

**7. Set up checklists and meters**

Write the checklists your technicians follow, and add meters for anything you read, such as running hours, energy or flow. See [Checklists](/checklists) and [Meters](/meters).

**8. Schedule preventive maintenance**

Turn routine jobs into recurring work so nothing depends on memory. See [Preventive maintenance](/preventive-maintenance).

**9. Start running work orders**

Raise, assign and close jobs from the web or the mobile app. See [Work orders](/work-orders).

> [!TIP]
>
> Have a lot of data in spreadsheets? Opmaint supports bulk imports for assets, asset types, locations, zones, subzones, teams, users, vendors, parts, meters, meter readings, work orders and checklists. Our team usually handles this as part of onboarding.


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