General Settings

Overview

The General Settings section under Assets Management allows you to configure asset tracking and manage assets and their interrelationships. These settings ensure that CI assets are accurately recorded, uniquely identified, and easily accessible.

Key Features

• Each CI created is uniquely identified, ensuring effective tracking.
• You can select the barcode format for labeling CIs and the barcode method to standardize barcode assignment.

How to Configure Assets Management General Settings?

To configure the General Settings under Assets Management, follow the steps below.

Navigate to Settings > Assets Management > General Settings.

The CMDB Settings page is displayed.

Note: All fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.

Enter or select the required values in the fields. Please refer to the following table for field names and their descriptions.

Field	Description
Auto-assign CI control numbers	Whether to allow automatic assignment of control numbers to CI assets
Next control number	Next sequential control number to be assigned to a newly created CI. Note that this field is displayed only if Auto-assign CI control numbers is enabled.
CI barcode type	Format of barcode for labeling CIs
CI barcode method	Method to assign barcodes to CIs

Click Save.

The CMDB settings are configured.