Adding an Asset Manually
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To add an asset manually, click the 'New Asset' button from the 'Manage Assets' landing page:
When adding a new asset, the first thing you need to do is select an asset type. The asset type is part of one of the Hornbill asset classes which each have their own extended attributes as well as all of the core shared attributes that all assets have. Selecting different asset types will present you with different fields to complete:
A new asset of type Desktop:
A new asset of type Smartphone:
Depending on which asset type you have selected, various different attributes will be available/unavailable and also mandatory/non mandatory. To configure which attributes are available and are visible/mandatory, please see the documentation on asset type. If all attributes have been marked as visible in the asset type, the following attributes will be visible per section:
General Asset Information
Physical Location Information
Financial Information
Disposal Information
Depreciation Information
As previously mentioned, asset types fall under an asset classes. The following additional attributes are available for each asset class: