Components

Components are devices or other objects that are attached to an asset.

One of the most common examples of components are the electronic reading devices (ERTs) that are often attached to analog meters. However, a component can be any device attached to another asset.

Since components are always attached to another device, components cannot be installed at a location. However, they may be received, tracked, maintained, and inspected like any other device. Given this, activities and work orders can be created to perform these tasks on components.

Detaching components involves either moving the component to a new asset or transferring the component to a storeroom, if tracked, or an out of service location, if not tracked. The process within the system is to search for and select the component and then "detach" it from the asset where it currently resides.