Assets

An asset is an IT product that you own or plan to acquire. Assets represent physical products with unique identifiers such as a serial number, a configuration, or a contact. You define assets that are based on a model and the information specific to the asset is added to the asset record. Define an asset record when you want to track cost, legal, and other ownership purposes of an asset.

You can retrieve information from the repository about any object by searching. You can then select, view, and manage individual object records from the search results.

Note: The search results only include assets that CA APM manages. If your repository contains assets that the product does not manage, those assets do not appear in the asset search results.

You can assign one lifecycle status to an asset to indicate its availability. If your administrator configured the asset search to include the Lifecycle Status field, you can retrieve information about assets based on the status.