An asset is a physical or virtual resource used to complete a business process. It includes items such as software, hardware, and infrastructure that an organization owns or controls. Configuration items are configuration records used to manage the operational status of assets in the CMDB.
Within Configuration Management Database (CMDB) there exists relationships between assets and configurations that enable a clear understanding of how those assets support the business process.
For example, if you were managing a Software asset and associated configuration items, then you would have a relationship between the asset and its configuration item that would indicate which releases of software were in your inventory.
The relationship would also indicate what other software was installed on those specific machines with that specific release number for each machine and for each release number for each machine.
Field Name | Description |
|---|---|
Status | State of the Asset or CI |
Type | Describes whether the Status is for CI or Asset |
Required Field: Status
Asset Sub Status Mapping Section
All the related Sub Status for the Asset Status can be found in this section.
To add a new Asset Sub Status record, 
click on the button.
Field Name | Description |
|---|---|
Asset Sub Status | Describes the sub state of device |
Asset Status | Describes the state of Asset |
Required Fields: Asset Sub Status, Asset Status
CI Status Mapping Section
All the related CI Status for the Asset Status can be found in this section. To add a new CI Status record, click on the 
button.
Field Name | Description |
|---|---|
CI Status | State of CI |
Asset Status | Describes the State of Asset |
Asset Sub Status | Describes the sub state of Asset |
Required Fields: CI Status, Asset Status