Import your hardware data
When you first set up hardware asset management, your Assets common data model is empty. Right after setup, you'll see a prompt on your empty space to Import data in Assets — select it to start importing straight away. You can also start an import any time from the Hardware tab, as described below.
Import your existing data so your hardware, models, and stockrooms appear in your space and the right connections are established between them.
Do this with Rovo
Once your data is imported, you can explore it with Rovo. Open Rovo Chat and type /search-hardware to find specific hardware (for example, "show all laptops in Building A"), or /get-hardware-insights to surface risks like warranty gaps and low stock. Both work best once your hardware, models, and stockrooms are imported.
Because hardware data is stored in Assets, importing happens in the standard Assets import flow. When you start an import from hardware asset management, you're taken into Assets with the import already scoped to your hardware schema — so you're importing into the right place.
You import each data type separately — hardware, models, and stockrooms each have their own import. Run an import for each type you want to bring in.
These steps cover importing from a CSV file, which is one of several import methods Assets offers. To use it, you'll need your hardware data already in a CSV file, and that file must be shaped to fit the hardware assets system schema — its columns need to map to the schema's object types and attributes. If your data is in another system, choose the matching import method in Assets instead. See Create an import structure for the available import methods and how to map your data.
Import hardware data
In the left-nav, select Hardware.
From the tabs at top, select the Hardware tab.
At far-right, next to Add hardware, select the dropdown and select Import hardware.
In the Schema settings screen for the Hardware assets system schema, select Create import.
Follow the Assets import steps to upload your CSV file, map its columns to the hardware assets schema, and run the import. For detailed guidance, see Create an import structure in the Assets documentation.
When the import finishes, return to your hardware space to view your imported hardware, models, and stockrooms in one place.
New to importing in Assets? Start with Create an import structure to learn how imports, mappings, and data sources work.
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