From 6f70575142010adec7f842d24ce7a44c348d5197 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cproudlock <cproudlock@localhost>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:25:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "PCs: identify by hostname/serial, drop the PC Number
 field"

This reverts commit 76ca95cc57c96cce9c0064380f402a26a0e86941.
---
 frontend/src/views/pcs/PCDetail.vue |  2 +-
 frontend/src/views/pcs/PCForm.vue   | 36 ++++++++++++++++++-----------
 frontend/src/views/pcs/PCsList.vue  |  4 +++-
 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/views/pcs/PCDetail.vue b/frontend/src/views/pcs/PCDetail.vue
index eeb3c00..b6aca38 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/pcs/PCDetail.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/pcs/PCDetail.vue
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
       <div class="hero-card">
         <div class="hero-content">
           <div class="hero-title">
-            <h1>{{ computer.computer?.hostname || computer.serialnumber || computer.assetnumber }}</h1>
+            <h1>{{ computer.assetnumber }}</h1>
             <span v-if="identifierflags.fqdn && computer.computer?.hostname" class="hero-alias">{{ computer.computer.hostname }}</span>
           </div>
           <div class="hero-meta">
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/pcs/PCForm.vue b/frontend/src/views/pcs/PCForm.vue
index 9b38f75..93debf1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/pcs/PCForm.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/pcs/PCForm.vue
@@ -10,22 +10,21 @@
       <form v-else @submit.prevent="savePC">
         <div class="form-row">
           <div class="form-group">
-            <label for="hostname">Hostname *</label>
+            <label for="machinenumber">PC Number *</label>
             <input
-              id="hostname"
-              v-model="form.hostname"
+              id="machinenumber"
+              v-model="form.machinenumber"
               type="text"
               class="form-control"
               required
             />
-            <small class="form-hint">Primary identifier for the PC</small>
           </div>
 
           <div class="form-group">
-            <label for="serialnumber">Serial Number</label>
+            <label for="alias">Alias</label>
             <input
-              id="serialnumber"
-              v-model="form.serialnumber"
+              id="alias"
+              v-model="form.alias"
               type="text"
               class="form-control"
             />
@@ -33,11 +32,21 @@
         </div>
 
         <div class="form-row">
-          <div class="form-group">
-            <label for="alias">Alias</label>
+          <div class="form-group" v-if="identifierflags.fqdn">
+            <label for="hostname">Hostname</label>
             <input
-              id="alias"
-              v-model="form.alias"
+              id="hostname"
+              v-model="form.hostname"
+              type="text"
+              class="form-control"
+            />
+          </div>
+
+          <div class="form-group">
+            <label for="serialnumber">Serial Number</label>
+            <input
+              id="serialnumber"
+              v-model="form.serialnumber"
               type="text"
               class="form-control"
             />
@@ -393,10 +402,9 @@ async function savePC() {
 
   try {
     // One payload for the computers plugin (asset core + computer extension +
-    // primary IP). PCs are identified by hostname (fall back to serial), which
-    // also seeds the required unique assetnumber.
+    // primary IP). "PC Number" is the business identifier (assetnumber).
     const payload = {
-      assetnumber: form.value.hostname || form.value.serialnumber,
+      assetnumber: form.value.machinenumber,
       hostname: form.value.hostname || null,
       serialnumber: form.value.serialnumber || null,
       computertypeid: form.value.machinetypeid || null,
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/pcs/PCsList.vue b/frontend/src/views/pcs/PCsList.vue
index d2f96e7..090759f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/pcs/PCsList.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/pcs/PCsList.vue
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
           <table>
             <thead>
               <tr>
+                <th>Asset Tag</th>
                 <th>Hostname</th>
                 <th>Serial Number</th>
                 <th>Type</th>
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
             </thead>
             <tbody>
               <tr v-for="item in computers" :key="item.assetid">
+                <td>{{ item.assetnumber }}</td>
                 <td>{{ item.computer?.hostname || '-' }}</td>
                 <td class="mono">{{ item.serialnumber || '-' }}</td>
                 <td>{{ item.computer?.computertypename || '-' }}</td>
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@
                 </td>
               </tr>
               <tr v-if="computers.length === 0">
-                <td colspan="7" style="text-align: center; color: var(--text-light);">
+                <td colspan="8" style="text-align: center; color: var(--text-light);">
                   No computers found
                 </td>
               </tr>