Change or deactivate an asset class

Rename an equipment family, change its readiness policy or default profile, publish a draft class, or deactivate a class you no longer use.

In the sidebar, open Settings, then choose Asset Classes under Equipment & Fleet. Press a class's name, or Builder on its row. The page address is /assets/classes/ followed by the class, and the heading is the class's name. An asset's page links here too: press the class name under Operational identity.

To make a new class, see Create an asset class.

Before you start

• Saving and deactivating need permission to update asset classes; publishing needs permission to publish them. Without them the fields are greyed out and the buttons are hidden.
• A class's status only changes with Publish class and Deactivate class. The Status field on this page is read-only.

Steps

1. Read the tiles: Class status, Linked profile, Category and Readiness policy.
2. Under Class identity, change what you need: Class name, Category, Asset kind, Default readiness policy, Linked current profile, Icon key, Color key or Description. Only published profiles are offered as the linked profile.
3. Check Linked profile preview. It shows what the chosen profile makes every new asset of this class carry.
4. Press Save class. Nova says "Operational asset class updated." Reset throws away changes you have not saved.
5. If the class is still a draft, press Publish class, then Publish asset class in the dialog. Nova says "Operational asset class published."
6. To stop using a class, press Deactivate class. Give a reason if your organization asks for one, then press Deactivate asset class. Nova says "Operational asset class deactivated."

What you see

• Open linked profile at the top opens the profile this class points at: see Change an asset profile and upgrade its assets.
• When a new version of the linked profile is published, the class moves to it on its own, so the tile shows the newest version.
• Lifecycle on the right shows the status and when the class was created and last updated.
• Deactivating hides nothing that already exists: assets of the class keep it, and the class stays in the Class Registry with its status.

If something looks different

• Save class stays greyed out: Validation and actions lists what is missing, such as a class name, or your role cannot update classes.
• Publish class is missing: the class is already active or inactive. Only a draft is published.
• There is no button to turn an inactive class back on from this page. Ask your admin before you deactivate a class you might need again.
• If you leave with unsaved changes, Nova asks whether to discard them.
• "Asset class not found" shows: the link points at a class that no longer exists. Press Return to classes.

Open Asset Classes