View & Create Child Assets

View & Create Child Assets

Child assets can be thought of as components of parent assets. For example, a car could be a parent asset. But the car contains many components such as a car seats or a battery. The seats and battery would be the child assets. Learn how to view and create child assets from a parent asset record. 

 

View Child Assets

There are 3 different ways to view the parent-child relationship in NEXGEN. 

 

Video Overview

 

View Child Assets on the Parent Asset Record

  1. Open an asset record.
  2. View child assets for this parent asset in the Child Assets zone of the asset record. Screen_Shot_2020-02-27_at_11.23.32_AM.png

 

View Child Assets in the Location Hierarchy Tree

In the location hierarchy tree, click the dropdown arrow of the parent asset to view the child assets. Screen_Shot_2020-02-27_at_11.24.48_AM.png

 

View Child Assets by Expanding the Parent Asset in List View

Click the dropdown arrow on the parent asset in list view. The child assets will appear beneath the parent asset.Screen_Shot_2020-02-27_at_11.25.51_AM.png

 

Add Child Assets to a Parent Asset

Video Overview

 

Create a New Child Asset

  1. Open the parent asset record.
  2. Click + New on the Child Assets zone. Screen_Shot_2020-09-21_at_4.26.57_PM.png
  3. Fill out the Asset Information. 
  4. Click Save.

For more information on how to create a new asset, visit our Create a New Asset article. 

 

Add an Existing Asset as a Child Asset

  1. Open the parent asset record.
  2. Click the dropdown arrow to the right of the + New button on the Child Assets zone.
  3. Click + Add Existing. 
  4. Locate and select the child asset(s). 
  5. Click Attach. 

 

Detach a Child Asset from the Parent Asset

  1. Open the parent asset record and scroll to the Child Assets zone.
  2. Click the dropdown arrow on the child asset.Screen_Shot_2020-09-21_at_4.33.32_PM.png
  3. Select Delete. 

Note - this will only delete the asset from the parent asset record. This will NOT delete this child asset from the asset inventory.

 

 


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