Custom assets

Adding custom assets

Custom assets can be added manually to your Network tree using the Add custom asset feature. This allows you to create new assets in your Storage, even if they don’t have a network interface (e.g. monitors, tablets, webcams). As a result, you can view and build reports for both custom and automatically created assets.

Follow these steps to add a custom asset:

  1. Click the Add custom asset  above the Network tree (or in the context menu of your Storage root node or any asset group);
  2. In the new window, specify the asset’s type and name;
  3. If necessary, fill in the values for common fields and add special fields.

A new asset will appear marked within the Network tree:

You can save and load special field presets by clicking the Save preset as… and Load preset buttons in the Adding new custom asset window.

You can manually add network interface information to the properties of a custom asset and attempt to scan it, but regardless of the scan result, no additional information will be added to the asset.

This is because scan snapshots cannot be merged with custom assets. Therefore, even if the new snapshot has exactly the same main fields as the custom asset, it will be added as a new node in the network tree.

Cloning custom assets

To add a large number of identical assets, you can use the Clone asset button (by right-clicking any custom asset on your Network tree).
Enter the number of copies you need and click OK

The copies you make will appear in the Network tree as follows:

Adding custom assets from file

The Add custom assets from file option allows you to quickly import a list of assets or IP addresses into your Network tree.
To add custom assets from a file, right-click your Storage root node or any asset group node, and then click the corresponding button:

You can import assets only from text files (*.txt).
The file should contain one asset name or IP address per line.
For example, the following list of names:
PC-1
PC-2
PC-3
PC-4
…will appear in the Network tree in this way:

Converting non-scanned assets to custom assets

The Convert to custom asset option allows you to convert an asset that couldn’t be scanned by any method into a custom asset. This allows you to avoid scan error alerts.

To convert an asset, right-click any non-scanned asset in the Network tree and select Convert to custom asset:

The asset will be displayed in the Network tree and marked with.

Conversion does not change the asset’s information fields or properties.

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