How You Edit Asset Hierarchy
You can perform these edits to the asset structure in the Hierarchy tab on the Edit Asset page:
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Select an asset at any level in the hierarchy and click to + icon to search for and add an existing asset as a child component
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Select an asset at any level in the hierarchy and click to + icon to create a new asset as a child component.
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Select a child asset in the hierarchy and click to X icon to remove the child asset.
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Select a child asset in the hierarchy and click to swap icon to search for and replace the existing child component with a newly selected asset. The newly selected asset can't be a child asset; however, it can be a parent asset that has child asset components.
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Select a child asset in the hierarchy and click to parent update icon to search for and move the asset underneath a different parent asset within the same hierarchy. If the asset is a parent asset, its child asset components will also move
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Edit key details of the asset direction in the hierarchy. This includes the asset number description, serial number, and lot number.
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View details about assets in the hierarchy. Click the details link to open dialog box with key asset details.
How You Cascade The Operating Organization of A Parent Asset to Its Child Assets During Transfers
If you change the operating organization of a parent asset, cascade the change to the child assets within a physical hierarchy to ensure that they are in sync. You do this using the Synchronize Item Control Attributes to Assets scheduled process. When you run the scheduled process, the application uses an internal database column, Validation Organization. It copies the changed organization into the Validation Organization column internally in the database. It's then cascaded down to all the child assets within the physical hierarchy after a successful run.