Glossary of Assets
Display name is currently restricted to customers enrolled in the Beta trial of the Assets common data model. Some details may change before general availability.
These are the terms you'll come across when using Assets or reading the Assets documentation. Each links to more detail where there's a fuller explanation.
What this glossary covers
This glossary is the shared reference for Assets terminology across the products that include Assets. Where a term applies only to a particular product, it's labelled.
A-Z term list
Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Abstract object type | an object type that can't contain objects of its own, but is used as a parent for other object types that do. |
Allowance | the number of objects included with your plan before extra usage applies. See Manage the usage limit for Assets. |
AQL (Assets Query Language) | a formal syntax used in Assets to return a group of objects based on their description. |
Asset | anything that has value to a person or organization. |
Attribute | a piece of information of a particular type attached to an object. |
Attribute type | what kind of information an attribute can hold: text or number, references to other objects, users or groups, projects, statuses, or links to a Bitbucket repository. |
Cardinality | a setting on an object attribute type that requires a maximum and/or minimum number of references. |
Child | an object type that has a parent object type, from which it may inherit one or more attributes. |
Configuration item | a description of the state of a system, service, or asset. |
Display name | the user-facing name of an object type or attribute, shown to users in Assets. When you set a display name, Assets derives a system name from it. The display name can be edited without affecting AQL, APIs, or automations. |
Extra usage | usage above your included allowance, which is charged per object. See Manage your bill for extra objects. |
Icon | an image that can be attached to an object type. |
Inbound reference | a reference that links from a different object back to the current object. |
Inheritance | when a parent object type passes one or more of its attributes to its child object types. |
Label | indicates which of an object's attributes is used to uniquely identify it. A label isn't the same as an object type's display name: the display name is the user-facing name of the object type itself, while the label controls which attribute value is shown when an object of that type is referenced. |
Name | the system identifier of an object type or attribute, used in AQL, APIs, and automations. It's derived from the display name when the entity is created and can be edited before saving. This is distinct from the Name attribute (the default attribute on objects) and from an object type's label. |
Object | a single, unique asset or configuration item of a particular object type. |
Object count | the number of objects that count toward your allowance. Objects in a sandbox and objects stored by some connected features are counted separately. See Assets usage and how it works. |
Object schema | a collection of information about assets or configuration items, containing object types, objects, attributes, references, statuses, and icons. |
Object type | a group of similar objects that share the same attributes. |
Outbound reference | a reference that links from the current object out to a different object. |
Parent | an object type that has one or more child object types, to which it may pass down one or more attributes. |
Placeholder | a type of function that provides a dynamic value based on current information. |
Reference | a special type of attribute that contains a link to a different object. |
Status | a special type of attribute that describes the state of an object. |
Status type | describes what state an object is in. |
Usage limit | the maximum number of objects you can store, separate from your allowance. See Manage the usage limit for Assets. |
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