---
title: "WaitingItem"
description: "a unit in a place whose reader is a person"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/waitingitem
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# WaitingItem

a unit in a place whose reader is a person

[figure: WaitingItem is a view at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | view |
| scope | none |
| key | the unit |
| store | derived |
| family | ops_console |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `unit` | `id` | yes |  |
| `place` | `text` | yes |  |
| `since` | `time` | yes |  |
| `tool` | `text` | yes | the tool that resolves it |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns WaitingItem directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.