Use the containment hierarchy view

Data Integrity Suite
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Spatial Analytics
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Data Integrity Suite
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2000
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The containment hierarchy view allows you to navigate and search through parent-child relationships between asset types. It is the default view for Technical and Business Asset Types, replacing the previous flat list view.

This view provides an intuitive way to visualize and navigate parent-child relationships between asset types:
  • The hierarchy is displayed as a tree with parent nodes and their child nodes.
  • Parent asset types have an expand/collapse icon (▶/▼) next to them.
  • Click the expand icon (▶) to reveal child asset types beneath a parent.
  • Click the collapse icon (▼) to hide child asset types.
  • Asset types are collapsed by default when you first access the view.
  • The system remembers your expanded/collapsed preferences as you navigate through the application or log out and back in.
  • Click on any asset type row to select it and view its details in the side panel.
  • When you select an asset type in the Containment view, the same asset type is automatically selected in the Inheritance view when you switch views.

To define containment for a new asset type, follow these steps:

  1. Click Create Asset Type to create a new asset type.
  2. In the Create Asset Type page, enter the asset type name (such as Data File), set the Display format to the preferred token (such as {Name}) and optionally fill Description.
  3. Click Select in the Inherit from (optional) to choose the asset type to inherit from.
    Note: Fields and relationship types from the selected asset type will be inherited.
  4. Define the Asset type purpose. Decide whether this type is used to create assets directly or to serve as a base for derived types.
    • Choose Used to create assets to allow users to create assets from this asset type.
    • Choose Used to create other asset types through inheritance to define an asset type that serves as a base for other types but cannot be used to create assets directly.
  5. Click Add Parent Container Asset Type to select one or more parent asset types that will contain this asset type and create additional containment paths if needed. For each parent, set the Predicate to parent (commonly Child Of).
  6. Select the Parent Asset Type in the right pane. This displays and validates the selected parent's Details, Fields, and Relationship Types. Confirm which fields are inherited and which are overridden in this specific asset type.
  7. If you see warnings such as "You cannot select this asset type. Choose an unrelated one.", choose a different, appropriate parent that fits the containment hierarchy.
  8. Click Select to finalize the containment.
Verify it appears under the intended parent(s) in the containment hierarchy view.