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Tivoli Asset Management |
Asset maintenance in hierarchies |
In some hierarchy windows, you can maintain the assets associated with items in the hierarchy. |
Standard hierarchy maintenance |
You may also need to change a hierarchy to reflect changes that occur within your company. Standard maintenance functions are described in Maintaining Hierarchies. |
Transferring assets within a hierarchy |
You can transfer assets from one node to another
in the Location or Organization hierarchy. You cannot transfer assets between items in the Category hierarchy. For example, it would not make sense to move an asset from the Laser Printer category to the Workstation category because doing so would invalidate attribute values. Attributes are usually category-specific. For example, attributes could be pages per minute for a printer category and processor speed for a workstation. To transfer assets that are associated with a selected node:
Tip: To specify an organization or location, type part of the name and choose Browse. In the Organizations dialog box or the Locations dialog box, select the appropriate item from the hierarchy and choose Select. |
Displaying a list of assets | You can create a list of assets that are
associated with a node in the Organization, Location, Category, or Connection hierarchy. To list assets associated with a selected node:
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Recording an audit | You can perform an audit by location,
connection, organization, or asset category. Choose the hierarchy
window that is best suited to your situation. For example, if it is easier to audit
assets by location, start from the Locations
window. You assign an audit status to each asset assigned to the item. The five audit statuses are:
To record an audit:
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Calculating asset value | You can summarize depreciated value by location,
cost center (organization), or asset category. To summarize depreciated value:
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