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Asset Management

Creating, editing, assigning, checking out, and disposing of assets.

How to Create an Asset in UniAsset

Every way to create an asset in UniAsset — manually, by CSV import, by duplication, and through the API — plus field rules and common errors.

6 minBeginner

How to Edit an Asset in UniAsset

Update asset details, change status, move it, reassign it, and understand what gets recorded when you do.

4 minBeginner

How to Duplicate an Asset

Create several near-identical asset records at once in UniAsset without retyping every field.

3 minBeginner

How to Search and Filter Assets

Find assets fast with global search, filters, saved filter sets and shareable filtered views in UniAsset.

4 minBeginner

How to Assign an Asset to a Person

Make someone responsible for an asset in UniAsset, reassign it when they move on, and understand why assignment targets People rather than user accounts.

4 minBeginner

How to Assign an Asset to a Location

Record where an asset physically lives in UniAsset and understand how location differs from custody and geo-position.

4 minBeginner

How to View an Asset's Full History

Read the complete timeline of an asset in UniAsset — every change, assignment, document, service, scan, movement, and signal, in order.

3 minBeginner

Asset Check-Out — How Temporary Custody Works

How UniAsset tracks assets lent out and expected back, why check-out is different from assignment, and how checkout sessions group items.

4 minBeginner

How to Check Out an Asset in UniAsset

Lend an asset to someone with an expected return date, check out several items at once, and group them into a session.

4 minBeginner

How to Check In an Asset

Record the return of a checked-out asset in UniAsset, close a checkout session, and handle items that come back damaged.

3 minBeginner

How to Track Overdue Checkouts

Find assets that should have come back in UniAsset, understand why overdue can never go stale, and chase returns effectively.

3 minBeginner

How to View Checkout History and Reports

See who has had an asset in UniAsset, what a person has borrowed, and run the checkout report for custody records.

3 minBeginner

Who Can Check Out Assets in UniAsset?

Which roles can check assets out and in, which plans include Asset Check-Out, and what to do when the option is unavailable.

3 minBeginner

How to Archive and Restore Assets

Archive assets you no longer need, keep their history, and restore them if you change your mind.

3 minBeginner

How to Dispose of an Asset

Record the end of an asset's life in UniAsset — the date, method, proceeds, and the gain or loss against net book value.

4 minIntermediate

How Geo-Position Tracking Works in UniAsset

Record latitude and longitude readings against an asset in UniAsset, pushed in from external tracking systems, and how coordinates differ from Locations.

3 minAdvanced