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Asset Associations

Objectives: Gain an understanding of the Asset association link types and when to use the relationship types in a real-world scenario.

 

An association can be created between any two assets in the system and can be used to keep a track of real-world circumstances that affect the assets. While viewing an Asset, expanding the 'Actions' menu gives the option to associate the Asset that the user is currently viewing, with another Asset:

 

Selecting the option 'Associate To Another Asset' displays a pop-up window called 'Link Asset' as shown below:

 

 

The 'Relation' drop-down window lists the available Asset Associations:

 

All associations for a specific asset can be viewed on the asset's Dashboard in the 'Asset Associations' box.

 

The following table explains the Relationships listed in the drop-down menu:

Relationship Example
Relates to The asset is related in some way to another asset, such as a Water Service Line asset within a park asset.
Obstructs The asset blocks another asset, like a gate preventing access to a fire access road.
Is Obstructed by The asset is blocked by another asset, such as a sewer manhole blocked by a maintenance shed.
Is Split from The asset was created by splitting a part of another asset into a new stand-alone asset, such as a road segment being split from a larger road segment as a result of a partial treatment.
Is Split To The asset was formerly managed as one entity but has now had a part split off into a new asset, such as a park asset whose playground is now managed separately.
Is Child Of The asset is part of a larger asset, such as a building on a parcel of land.
Is Parent Of The asset contains one, or more, smaller child assets such as a sewer treatment plant being a parent of a sewer pump and other plant and equipment assets.
Merged Into The asset was formerly managed separately but is now treated as part of a larger asset, such as two segments of a road now being managed as one.
Merged From The asset was created by merging other Assets together, such as a park asset that previously was divided into North and South segment assets.

 

As the Templates available in Data Exchange are in the .csv format and do not have additional information about the field definitions and mandatory field details, an annotated excel version of the same files with related information and sample data is available here.