Editing Assets

Assets are edited by clicking the Asset button in the Left Navigation Bar.Assets

The list of current assets will be displayed in a Configuration Grid. The columns (asset parameters) available to display in the grid are:

Asset Parameters are specified in the Asset Editor, and are as follows:

Table 20. PEER™ Asset Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required?	PEER™?	ABLE™?
Name	A short alphanumeric description of the asset which will appear as the label wherever it's referred to in the application	Yes	Yes	Yes
Area	A cross-reference to the asset's parent Area	Yes	Yes	Yes
Priority	Determines the default priority to be used when creating tickets in PEER™	No	Yes	No
Description	Additional text to help subsequent Admins to identify the asset, if there is any confusion between short asset names in the list.	No	Yes	Yes
Type	The type of asset (i.e LINE, SEC, CELL, VIRT)Assets	Yes	No	Yes
Default PLC	Determines the PLC reference to use if none is explicitly declared in each OPC ItemPLC ConnectivityOPC Items	No	No	Yes
Reason List	Specifies the reason list referenced by this asset	Yes	No	Yes
Primary Ref	Determines an asset's parent LINE asset (unused for CELL assets)Assets	No	No	Yes
Device Name	Determines the device name listed in the IDC Namespace of the OPC Server. If unspecified, the asset's "Name" attribute will be used.IDC NamespaceOPC Server	No	No	Yes
Template Ref	Specifies the template which was used to intially create the asset.Templates Note If this parameter is empty, the specification is likely to have been removed by an engineer so changes to the template will no longer cascade to it.	No	No	Yes
Analog Item	Determines which of the asset's items will be monitored by the ABLE™ Historian. Typically a floating point process variable like temperature or pressure.OPC ItemsHistorian View	No	No	Yes

Adding a New Asset

Click on the Add Asset button in the upper right above the grid. The asset's attributes will be exposed, and will appear differently whether this is a PEER™ asset, an ABLE™ asset, or both. If the asset is an ABLE™ asset, you will be presented with a wizard for modifying its constituent components (i.e. Basic Info, Items, Conditions, etc).
Specify the parent Area to which this asset belongs
Optionally, enter a textual description of the asset
Specify the appropriate basic asset info, based on the product(s) to which it applies (and with ABLE™ assets, go through and specify its constituent components)
Click the Submit button
Note that your new asset appears as a row in the grid
Warning
If your grid is filtered or sorted, be mindful that the new row might not be visible on the current page of rows, or based on the current column filters and/or keyword search.

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