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Parent – Child Assets

How do I Enter a Child Asset?

Overview

University research buildings act as the parent asset of all related assets within the facility. These assets are
termed as child assets. This allows for location based reporting of assets within a specific building. When new
child assets are added to a building, they must be associated with the parent asset. A child asset is added to an
existing parent asset first. Then you can perform a search for all child assets associated with a given parent.
Typically, the parent asset is independent of the child assets with regard to profile or category however, when
searching for the parent, all the child assets can be found.

Leased assets and maintenance contracts are also linked through the parent/child asset role. For additional
information please refer to the How do I Enter a Leased Asset with Maintenance Contracts? job aid.

Navigation

Navigator > Asset Management > Asset Transactions > Owned Assets > Express Add

Adding a New Child Asset

The Asset Express Add page displays.

1. Enter the asset Business Unit. All asset Business Units begin with
“AM”
The Asset Identification defaults to NEXT. This field should not be changed.
The system auto assigns an asset ID when you save the asset.
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2. Click the Add button.

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The Cost / Asset Information tab displays. Only the Asset Additional Information section is shown in the image below. This section is
collapsed by default. Click the Expand/Collapse icon to view this section.
Add as much additional asset information as possible. Child assets may have different values from their parent.

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