# Follow a machine's history across owners

Chapter: People and machines
Who this is for: Counter, shop owner.
Trigger: Opening a machine, or hitting a serial clash while adding equipment.

## What the clip says

Every machine has its own History tab, no matter who owns it now. Each row shows the owner at the time, not the current owner. A transfer shows up here too, alongside the tickets and invoices.

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A machine's History tab lists every ticket and invoice that ever touched its serial, regardless of who owned
it then. The header shows the current owner, engine, and last hours reading.

## Steps

- Open a machine from Equipment, a customer's Equipment tab, or a serial clash dialog.

- **History** lists every ticket on this serial, each row showing the owner at that time, not the current owner.

- **Activity** is a separate who/when timeline of edits, not a replacement for History.

Sample shop. Made-up names and tickets.

## What happens to money and stock

Nothing moves.

## Watch out for

- History shows the owner at the time of each row, not the machine's current owner.
- The shop-wide Equipment list has no owner column by design.

Updated 2026-09-16.
Also available as HTML at https://reedport.com/guide/people-and-machines/machine-history