Associating Backup or Dependent Assets with Primary Assets

You can associate backup or dependent assets with a primary asset. These assets depend on the operation of a primary asset.

For example, hospital medical equipment depends on a hospital power asset. In the relationships view, the field service engineer can see the other assets that a defective power asset affects. The engineer can then take steps to make sure that no unintended disruptions occur. In this example, the engineer switches the medical equipment to the backup power supply before disconnecting the primary power supply.

To associate a backup or dependent asset with a primary asset

1. Navigate to the Assets screen, then the List view.

2. Drill down on the Asset number (#) field for a selected asset, and click the Relationships view tab.

3. Create a new relationship record, and complete the fields as appropriate.