Asset Types

What are asset types?

• Asset types are groups of assets that have the same structure much like what a workflow is to a work item
• They are highly customisable and can be fit to any business process
• They consist of components
• To find out more about how to set up asset types please see the page on the knowledge base

• Note that all the assets follow the same structure
• This structure is defined in the asset type

Managing asset type settings

The manage asset type sidepanel is a panel dedicated to customise high level functionality of your asset types. It provides tools to change the asset type name and icon, edit permissions involving the asset type. Only asset type owners can manage asset type settings.

To enter the manage asset type side panel, go to the assets tab in your ecosystem and find the asset type you want to manage. Click on the ellipsis:

From here, click Manage asset type, which opens up the Manage asset type side panel:

General details

The general details panel lets you change the asset type’s name and icon.

To change the asset typer name, click on the name of the asset type and make the desired changes. To change the asset type icon, click on the current icon. This opens a popup which lets you select from a wide selection of emojis or colours and icons, or lets you upload your own image file. Exiting the manage asset type side panel updates the changes for all users.

Owners

The owners panel lets you view all current Asset Type Owners and appoint new ones.

To appoint a new Asset Type Owner, click on the textbox and enter the user’s email address. If they are a registered user within your ecosystem, their name and icon shows up in the dropdown from which you click on it to select them:

If they are not a registered user, the dropdown shows the option to add them and invite them:

Once you have selected a user, clicking the Invite button notifies that user via email and immediately add them to the list of Asset Type Owners:

Click here for more information about what Asset Type Owners are and what they can do.