Asset type groups

Important  This feature is available only in the latest UI.

Asset type groups allow multiple asset types to be grouped based on a shared function or purpose. If you have a global role that has the System administration global permission, you can customize asset type groups to include specific asset types, depending on your organizational needs.

Asset type groups help make relation types more meaningful by enabling relation types to be defined at a group level. Rather than configuring relations solely between individual asset types, you can set relation types between entire asset type groups, providing clearer and more relevant connections between related assets.

Asset type groups have a global assignment, which defines a set of relation types. When you add an asset type to a group, the assignments of the asset type and any child asset types inherit the group's relation types.

Note Asset type groups are system-managed and their properties can't be edited:
  • Asset type group assignments contain only relation types and no other characteristic types. Therefore, you can't add a column with attributes in a relation table that references an asset type group.
  • You can't create your own custom asset type groups.
  • You can't add asset type groups as the source or target of a custom relation type.
  • You can choose which asset types to add to an asset type group, based on your specific organizational needs.

Managing asset type groups

You can choose which asset types are part of the asset type groups from the asset type group page or the asset type page.

Prerequisites

You have a global role that has the Product Rights > System administration global permission.

Steps

  • From the asset type group page
  • From the asset type page

  1. Open an asset type group.

    1. On the main toolbar, click Products icon → Cogwheel icon Settings.
      The Settings page opens.
    2. Click the Operating Model tab.
      The Operating Model settings are shown.
    3. On the Asset type groups tab page, click the name of an asset type group.

      The asset type group Overview page opens.

  2. In the Included asset types section, select one or more of the available asset types.

    Note The changes are applied immediately.

  1. Open the asset type.
    1. On the main toolbar, click Products icon → Cogwheel icon Settings.
      The Settings page opens.
    2. Click the Operating Model tab.
      The Operating Model settings are shown.
    3. On the Asset types tab, click the name of the asset type.

      The asset type page opens.

    Tip You can also open the asset type from the asset page by clicking the asset type name in the upper-left corner of the asset page.

    Note The asset type must have a global assignment.

  2. On the Overview tab page, in the Can be used as (Asset Type Group) section, select one or more of the available asset type groups.
  3. Click Check iconSave.