> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.docusnap.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Assets Fundamentals

> What an asset is, the two sides of the inventory, where assets come from, and what attaches to them.

An asset is anything Docusnap365 holds in the inventory — scanned or created
by hand. Its type determines which fields and which detail page it has.

## Inventory and Organization

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Inventory" icon="server">
    The technical assets from the scan — servers, network devices, databases,
    cloud services.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Organization" icon="sitemap">
    What you create by hand — departments, processes, people, applications
    and information.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

Types and their families are listed under
[Data Captured](/docs/en/assets/systems).

## Origin

An asset comes into being in three ways: through a scan, by hand, or through
import.

<Note>
  A scan module can represent a device twice: as a system component of the
  computer it belongs to, and at the same time as an asset of its own with
  type *Monitor* — for example when scanning with *Windows (AD)*, *Windows
  (IP)*, *Linux* or *macOS*.
</Note>

## Relationships and other modules

*Relations* connect assets with each other and give the inventory its
meaning. See [Relationships](/docs/en/assets/relations).

Other modules also attach to an asset: [ITAM](/docs/en/itam/understanding-itam)
for lifecycle, ownership, warranty and cost, [ISMS](/docs/en/isms/understanding-isms)
for protection needs and risk, and [CVE Analysis](/docs/en/analysis/cve) for known
vulnerabilities. All three appear as their own tab on the detail page; what
they show is described in their own module.

For evaluation and bulk work, use the lists — see
[Lists and Filters](/docs/en/assets/lists).

## Limits

Without a scan, a manual entry or an import, an asset does not exist in the
inventory — Docusnap365 only knows what it has captured or what someone has
created. Which fields and which detail page an asset has is determined by
its type; you define your own fields and a detail tab for your types under
[Data Model](/docs/en/settings/data-model).

## Related

Getting started with the first assets is covered in
[Importing Assets from a Spreadsheet](/docs/en/assets/tutorial-import). How to
create, edit and delete individual assets is described in
[Create assets](/docs/en/assets/create) and
[Edit and delete assets](/docs/en/assets/edit).


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