Managing Asset Categories

To view the available asset categories:

1. On the Navigator resource tree, choose Assets.
2. Go to the Categories tab and expand a node, for example, Site Asset Categories.

The Categories tab provides options to organize assets into groups based on categories.

From the Navigator right-click menu on Asset Categories, you have several views and tools to help manage assets. From this menu, you can:

• Create channels to show asset categories and assets.

  • Show Asset Categories displays all top-level asset categories of an asset category group.

  • Show Asset Categories Recursively displays sublevels of asset categories, if any, of an asset category group

• Move assets into and out of category groups.

• Create new category groups.

• Configure access control lists (ACLs) to limit or allow user access to groups of assets (see Managing Permissions).

One asset can have multiple asset categories. You can also assign asset categories to groups of resources. This transfers the asset category onto all the members of the group and its subgroups.

To assign an asset category:

1. In the Navigator drop-down menu, go to Assets. Select the Assets tab. Go to ArcSight System Administration/Agents, to find the SmartConnectors installed for your environment.

2. Right-click the asset or asset group you wish to categorize and select Edit Asset (or Edit Group).

3. In the Inspect/Edit panel, click the Categories tab. Click the add icon () at the top of the screen.

4. In the Asset Categories Selector pop-up window, select the asset categories that apply to this asset and click OK. For example:

1. The usage category that applies to the asset (for example, /All Asset Categories/Site Asset Categories/Business Impact Analysis/Business Role/Revenue Generation)

2. The criticality level that applies to the asset (for example, /All Asset Categories/System Asset Categories/Criticality/Very High)

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for every asset or group of assets you want to classify in one of the asset categories.

For an overview of asset categories and how they fit into the network model, see Asset Categories.