Commercial & Residential Asset Availability Overview

Last updated: November 11, 2026

Before you promise a client a start date, you need to know which containers are free. Docket counts your assets by Status and Condition, and it shows availability for today and the days ahead.

Use this article to check what you can send out now, look ahead by date, and read the numbers for one Asset Type or one container.

Before You Start

Here are a few things to know before you continue:

  • Depending on how your permissions are set up, you may not be able to access some or all of these features. Please reach out to your Account Owner if additional access is needed.

  • You must add at least one Container Type, Asset Type, and asset before this page has anything to show. To learn more about adding them, check out our article: Add Commercial & Residential Asset Types and Assets

  • Tracked Asset Types list each container by PIN. Pooled Asset Types track a count, so you won’t see individual PINs for them.

  • Deactivated and sold assets are read-only and no longer count toward your active inventory.

  • To learn more about the Assets page, its tabs, and its summary cards, check out our article: Commercial & Residential Assets Overview

Understand How Availability Works

Docket counts an asset as available only when you can send it out right now. Knowing the rules helps you read every availability number the same way.

An asset has one of these Statuses:

  • Available: Ready to dispatch.

  • Deployed: Out in the field.

  • In Transit: On a truck now.

  • Out of Service: Not available for dispatch.

  • Location Unknown: Docket has no location for the asset. It doesn’t count as available until it has one.

  • Deactivated: Removed for good.

Docket tracks Condition separately: Excellent, Good, Minor Damage, or Major Damage.

These rules decide what counts:

  • Available means rentable. An available asset is ready to rent out.

  • Utilized means out. Docket counts Deployed and In Transit assets as utilized.

  • Fill matters. Only empty containers count as available. A container that is Partially full or Full counts as not ready until you empty it.

  • Damage matters. A container with Major Damage isn’t available. A container with Minor Damage alone stays available.

  • Each asset has one Status. On an Asset Type’s page, Docket counts each asset in one Status only.

  • Bookings reduce availability. The count drops by one on the day an asset is set to be dropped off. For a recurring service, it stays down until the agreement ends. It goes back up the day after a scheduled pickup.

Check Asset Availability

Docket shows availability in four places, from a company-wide count to a single container. Pick the one that matches your question.

The 4 places in your Docket account where you can view availability:

  1. The summary cards in All Assets: Today’s count across all your assets. To learn more about the summary cards, check out our article: Commercial & Residential Assets Overview

  2. The Availability tab: A look ahead by Asset Type and size.

  3. An Asset Type’s page: Current utilization and a 7-day forecast for one type.

  4. An asset’s page: A 7-day forecast for one container.

Availability Tab

The Availability tab on the Assets page shows how many assets you’ll have on each date, grouped by Asset Type and size. Use it to check a date before you commit to a client.

Click on “7 Days”, “14 Days”, or “30 Days” in the top right corner to change how far ahead you look. You’ll see each date across the top. Commercial and Residential groups run down the left side, with your Asset Types and sizes beneath them.

Click on “Filters” to narrow the results by Service Type (Commercial or Residential) and Size.

Asset Type Availability

An Asset Type’s page shows today’s count and the next 7 days for that type. Use it when you want to know how many containers of one kind you can send out. To learn how to open an Asset Type, check out our article: Commercial & Residential Assets Overview

An Asset Type’s Current utilization card shows:

  • Utilized percentage: The share of your serviceable assets that are Deployed or In Transit.

    • If an Asset Type has no serviceable assets, you’ll see “No serviceable assets.” instead of a percentage.

  • Assets available now: What you can send out now, shown as available out of total. For example, 52 / 130.

  • Deployed or In Transit: How many serviceable assets are out. For example, 78 of 130, which gives you 60% utilized.

  • By Status: A count of Available, Deployed, In Transit, Out of Service, and Deactivated assets.

  • By Condition: A count of Excellent, Good, Minor Damage, and Major Damage assets. Pooled types also show Unknown.

The Availability card below shows the next 7 days. For each date, you’ll see how many assets are available out of your total and a % Available. Click on “View full forecast” to open the “Availability” tab in a new browser tab, filtered to this Asset Type. Click on the “x” on the filter to see all your Asset Types. Click on “7 Days,” “14 Days,” or “30 Days” on that tab to look further ahead.

Please Note: Pooled Asset Types show counts, not individual PINs. To learn how to update those counts, check out our article: Manage Commercial & Residential Assets and Asset Types

Individual Asset Availability

An asset’s record shows its availability for the next 7 days. Use it to check if one specific container is free on a date. Open the asset, then click into the “Availability” tab. To learn how to open an asset, check out our article: Commercial & Residential Assets Overview

Please Note: Click on “Go to full availability” to open the Availability tab on the Assets page. It shows all your Asset Types, not only this asset.

If you have any questions, please reach out to our Support team through the chat widget on the bottom of this page or by sending an email to support@yourdocket.com!