Guide Index
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Introduction
The primary goal of asset types is as a way to categorize different types of assets so that you can quickly access them by their asset type in default and custom views, analytics, as well as in data exports. For instance, if you wanted to view all or pull a report on all licenses you have stored in Incident IQ, you can quickly do so by filtering on this asset type.
An asset type is assigned to an asset model during model creation. When creating a new asset in the system, Incident IQ will automatically assign the asset type based on what the asset type is for the model selected. By default, Incident IQ has six asset category types which are as follows:
- Devices – The default selection for assets, and used for most technology hardware brought into the system.
- Facility Equipment – Allows you to designate equipment as facility equipment.
- Licenses – Allows you to store software or hosted solutions as individual assets.
- Networking – Allows you to designate assets as networking equipment.
- Online Systems – Allows you to designate an asset as a hosted solution (software accessed through the web and not hosted on a machine locally.)
- Other – Allows you to store assets that might not otherwise fit in another category.
- Software – Allows you to designate an asset as a hosted solution (software accessed through the web and not hosted on a machine locally.)
Adding a New Asset Type
From time to time you may come across a piece of equipment which may fall outside of the classification of the default six asset types. Administrators can create additional asset types as needed. To do so, begin by clicking on Administration > Asset Types on the left navigation bar.
This will take you to the Asset Types page. From here, click on Add Asset Type at the top right of the screen.
In the fly-out window, you will first need to provide the following information:
- The asset type name
- An icon
- A sort order
Next, you can select the default columns and the order of columns that will appear for users when they access a view filtered by this asset type. Please note, column selection is not available for default asset types, and may only be set for any additional asset types that are created.
Finally, if you are using multiple modules in Incident IQ, you can select the product visibility of your new asset type. This allows you to selectively enable and disable the availability of asset types by product module when creating and editing models. Once saved, your asset type should become available for immediate use.
Editing an Existing Asset Type
Administrators can edit existing asset types if needed. To do so, begin by clicking on Administration > Asset Types on the left navigation bar. On the Asset Types page, click on the specific asset type you want to edit.
Please note, if you are editing a default asset type (devices, facility equipment, licenses, networking, online systems, other, and software), then the only option available for editing in the fly-out window is product visibility.
However, if it is not a default asset type, in addition to the product visibility you will also be able to edit the following fields of information:
- The asset type name
- An icon
- A sort order
- The default columns and column order of asset views based on asset type
