Build a Facility Maintenance Management App in Under Five Minutes

See How Aire AI App-Builder Builds a Facility Maintenance Management App in Under Five Minutes

Building an app traditionally involves a lot of coding, designing, and configuring. But what if you could streamline this process and create an entire application in just five minutes? With Aire AI’s no-code app-building platform, you can do exactly that. In this walkthrough, we’ll explore how Aire AI can effortlessly create a fully-functional Facility Maintenance Management application.

Step 1: Define Your Business Type

To get started, we’ll begin in the Aire prompt-builder. This tool allows users to create a clear and concise prompt for Aire AI, guiding the platform in building the application. The builder offers various fields to refine the app’s prompt, but for simplicity, you can rely on Aire AI to make most of the decisions.

In our example, we only specified the type of business as a “Facility Maintenance Management Company”. By providing this basic information, Aire AI understands the core purpose of the app, laying a strong foundation for the modules and fields.

Step 2: Selecting and Adding Modules

After defining the business type, the next step involves creating modules. Modules are essentially the main building blocks of the app, which represent key components and processes.

Here, we selected a medium scope to let Aire generate a comprehensive set of modules. After a brief moment, Aire presented the following list of modules:

  • Maintenance Request
  • Client
  • Facility
  • Asset
  • Vendor
  • Work Order

If desired, users can customize this list by adding or deleting modules manually. Additionally, Aire AI can offer suggestions based on the context of the app’s purpose.

Step 3: Adding and Configuring Fields

Once the modules were created, it was time to fill them with fields. Fields serve as data entry points within each module, capturing details like text, numbers, dropdown options, dates, and more.

For this step, we opted for a large scope to generate a wider range of fields, which Aire then populated across all modules. For example, the “Maintenance Schedule” module was filled with the following fields:

  • Maintenance Type
  • Priority Level
  • Maintenance Description
  • Maintenance Status
  • Request Date
  • …and many more.

Similar to modules, fields can be edited, added, or removed as necessary. This flexibility allows users to tailor the app to their specific requirements.

Step 4: Defining Relationships

With the modules and fields in place, the next critical step is establishing relationships. Relationships allow data in one module to be connected with data in another, creating a cohesive and interactive experience.

For instance, a Work Order module might be related to both the Client and Asset modules, enabling easy retrieval of related records. Aire takes about a minute and a half to analyze and define these relationships automatically, saving time and ensuring logical connections between modules.

Step 5: Creating the User Interface

The data model forms the backbone of the app, but the user interface (UI) is equally crucial. Aire AI creates several pages to ensure the end user has a clear and interactive way to navigate the app. In our example, Aire built:

  • A Home Page featuring charts and metrics
  • A Dashboard Page for visual insights
  • Record List Pages for each module
  • Record Pages for detailed views of each record

Aire accomplishes all of this within seconds, transforming what would otherwise be a tedious, manual process into a quick and efficient task.

Step 6: Previewing the App in Corteza

With the core app ready, it’s time to preview it in Corteza—an open-source digital work platform. Previewing allows you to see the app’s layout and functionality firsthand. Aire AI takes a few minutes to generate the app preview, during which you can relax (or finish a coffee!).

Upon completion, the app in Corteza showcased the following elements:

  • Record lists and pages for each module
  • Charts and metrics on the Home Page
  • A fully-functional Dashboard

Corteza also allows additional customization, including the option to add elements like calendars, maps, progress bars, tabs, and more. It’s also where you can define workflows and connect to third-party data sources for more advanced integrations.

Step 7: Final Touches and Deployment

Returning to Aire, users can make any final adjustments using the Builder, which provides the same functionality as the initial Wizard. The Builder offers further suggestions for modules, fields, and relationships if needed.

Once satisfied with the app, a single click initiates the deployment, making the app instantly available for use.

Final Thoughts

In under five minutes, we’ve built a Facility Maintenance Management App using Aire AI’s no-code platform. By guiding you through defining the business type, adding modules and fields, establishing relationships, creating UI pages, and previewing and deploying the app, Aire streamlines the entire process. What traditionally might take days or even weeks of manual effort can now be done in mere minutes.

This example showcases Aire’s capability to rapidly prototype and deploy functional applications, empowering businesses to adapt and innovate at unprecedented speeds.

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