12.4.1.5 Create an Asset

Assets represent non‐human entities that perform work or are utilized by Resources to perform work within the organization. Assets are pieces of equipment essential to the business, and help automating tasks.

Assets are found within the Units of the Organization.

Examples of Assets:

For instructions on how to create a new Asset, see the Create Objects section.

Filling out a New Asset form

*Ensure you are given the permission to be a Web Modeler, the displayed content is set to Show Latest, and your editing tool is the Web.

1. Type the name of the Asset on the “What is the name?” field

*The Name field is mandatory for all objects.

For this example, the name of the Asset is “ERP System”

*The EPC automatically assigns the Unit as the Parent, which is the Organization Unit you selected. The Parent field is blocked and cannot be edited.

2. Use the and icons to expand and hide the different sections within the each tab of the New Asset Window. Input the right information about the Asset in each section.

*The new Asset window has two tabs, General and Properties. Under each tab there are different sections where the Web Modeler can input detailed information about the Asset. To learn more about about each section and how to input information, see the Edit Organization Objects section.

i) To hide sections, click on the icon:

ii) To expand sections, click on the icon:

3. Click on the button to create the Asset

4. The new Asset “ERP System” is now on the Organization tree structure. This asset is currently a draft. To learn how to publish Organization objects, click here