---
key: find-an-operational-asset
title: Find an operational asset
audience: staff
section: operational-assets
routes: ["/assets"]
permissions: ["assets.records.read"]
features: ["operations.assets"]
since: 0.0.1
updated: 0.0.1
status: published
summary: Search the Asset Registry for a van, trailer, kit or tool, narrow it by branch, class, readiness or queue, then open the asset or act on several at once.
keywords: [fleet, van, truck, trailer, equipment, tools, kit, registry, asset list, search assets, company equipment]
related: [create-an-operational-asset, check-which-assets-are-ready-to-dispatch, scan-an-asset-in-the-field]
---

In the sidebar, open **Equipment & Fleet**, then **Assets**. The page address is `/assets`. The page heading reads **Operational Asset Registry**. It lists the equipment your company owns and runs: service vans, trailers, generators, loaner kits, tools. Equipment installed at a customer's site is a service asset and lives under the customer's account instead.

## Before you start

- Your role needs permission to view operational assets. Without it the sidebar entry is missing.
- The row of pills under the heading, **Registry**, **Readiness**, **Profiles**, **Classes**, **Reports**, **Field** and **Admin**, moves between every asset page. It appears on all of them.

## Steps

1. Type in **Search assets by name, tag, serial, or model**. The list narrows as you type.
2. To work a queue, press **View** beside **Filters**, then choose **All**, **Readiness**, **Blocked dispatch**, **Compliance**, **Maintenance**, **Issues**, **Stocking**, **Failed inspections**, **Profile drift**, **Overrides**, **Assigned** or **Unassigned**. Each view shows how many assets are in it. Remove the active view chip below the toolbar to return to **All**.
3. For a finer cut, press **Filters** and choose a **Branch**, **Class**, **Profile**, **Category**, **Kind**, **Readiness**, **Assignee**, **Site location**, **Lifecycle**, **Dispatch use** or **Structure**. Once a filter or queue is on, **Clear filters** appears in **Operator pivots** to go back to everything.
4. Press an asset's name, or **Open** in its row, to open its own page.
5. To act on several assets at once, tick their boxes (or **Select all visible assets** in the header). Buttons appear above the table: under **Bulk profile**, choose a profile and press **Apply profile** (it does not add kit parts or document placeholders); the Rebuild button refreshes their readiness and the Process button runs their readiness automation. Applying a profile needs permission to update assets; rebuilding and processing need the readiness override permission.

## What you see

- Six tiles at the top: **Visible assets**, **Ready**, **Warnings**, **Blocked**, **Open issues** and **Overdue service**. Without the analytics permission you see only **Visible assets**.
- **Priority queues** under **Operator pivots** are shortcuts to the queues dispatchers use most. **Current working set** says how many assets are in scope and how many filters are on.
- Each row shows the asset's tag and serial number, its **Class**, **Branch**, **Readiness**, **Lifecycle**, **Scheduling** (**Schedulable** or **Non-schedulable**), **Inventory link** (**Native asset** when it is not tied to stock) and when it was **Updated**. The row buttons are **Open**, plus **Telemetry**, **Rebuild** and **Automate** for roles that can use them. The saved-views and column controls on the toolbar remember your layout.
- If your role can see telemetry, a **Telemetry in this view** card and **Telemetry** and **Last seen** columns show which assets have a live tracker and which are stale or disconnected.

## If something looks different

- The table says **No assets match the current view**: widen the filters, pick **All**, or switch to a broader saved view.
- **Create asset** opens a form whose fields are all greyed out: your role cannot create assets. See [[create-an-operational-asset]].
- You need a technician-friendly scan screen instead of a list: press **Field scan**, or see [[scan-an-asset-in-the-field]].

[[route:/assets|Open the Asset Registry]]