Inventory Without Assets

The Inventory > Inventory > Inventory without Assets page displays the inventory records of the devices that do not have any linked hardware asset records.

Tip:This listing does not include any remote devices, which are not inventoried devices, but incomplete 'placeholder' devices created to track remote access such as through a Citrix Virtual Apps server. Remote device records are available by navigating to Inventory > Virtual Devices > Remote Devices. Similarly, virtual desktop templates are excluded here but are available through Inventory > Virtual Devices > Virtual Desktop Templates.

To manage devices as assets, you have to link them to the appropriate asset records. Use this page for the following tasks:

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To determine which inventory devices to manage as assets

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To Create an asset record to manage a device

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To Ignore an inventory record that is not to be managed as an asset. For example, a computer that belongs to a consultant.

A device record may be transitioned between different inventory pages based on the following events:

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If you link an inventory device to an asset, the device record is removed from this page

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If you manually ignore a device, it also appears on the Ignored Inventory page.

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If you activate a device, its record also appears on the Active Inventory page.

On this page, you can perform the following actions on inventory device records:

Inventory Without Assets Actions

Action	Description
Search for an inventory device	For more information about using lists, filters, and other UI options, see the topics under Using Lists in IT Asset Management.
Create an inventory device	See Create an Inventory Device.
View or change the properties of an inventory device	See Create an Inventory Device.
Delete an inventory device	See Deleting an Inventory Record. Note:Deleting a record updates the database immediately, as expected. However, instead of being deleted immediately, devices still required for those calculations are given an Archived status (and immediately moved to the Archived Inventory page). For more information, see About Deleting an Inventory Device.
Ignore an inventory device	See Ignoring an Inventory Record.
Create an asset	To create an asset linked to an inventory record, select the inventory record, click Create an asset, and select the type of asset. The asset record is automatically created and linked to the inventory device record. You may also select multiple inventory devices, as long as you want to create the same kind of asset record for all selected devices.
Link to asset	See Linking an Inventory Record to an Asset Record.
Create a saved view	The Save view as feature of IT Asset Management enables you to create customized views of a page by saving the applied user interface settings. For more information, see Creating Saved Views.

Properties Displayed on the Inventory Without Assets Page

For detailed information on the properties displayed in this list, see Inventory Listings Property Reference.

Note:Most lists in IT Asset Management only show a selection of the properties in the underlying database. Some columns are displayed by default and others can be displayed using the column chooser control, including any custom properties that you have added. For information on using the column chooser, see Managing Columns in a Table.