Create an asset type
A type is the shared kind of asset: Centrifugal Pump, Air Handling Unit, Motorised Valve. A type is shared by every asset that uses it. Maintenance tasks are set on the type, so every asset of that kind follows the same plan. See Add a maintenance task to an asset type.
Create a type
- Open an asset and click Edit, or start a new asset.
- Beside Type, click the plus button, New type.
- Enter the Type name.
- Click Create.
The new type is chosen for the asset you are editing. Click Save to keep it.
Screenshot to comeThe New type dialog with a type name entered, over the asset form with the Type field and its plus button.
If a message appears
- A type with that name already exists in this project.: choose that type from the Type list instead.
- Not permitted: only Master can create types.