A linear asset is a continuous asset whose length plays an important role in its design phase and maintenance phase. Such as pipelines, roads, power lines and railways. A linear asset may or may not have the same attributes, and their values can change throughout its length.
You will use the Linear Asset window to enter, change, view, or delete information for the linear asset.
You can create linear assets manually or allow the system to create them automatically. If you create them manually, you can create the object in the Linear Asset window. If you use IFS/Asset Design, you can allow the system to create the linear asset automatically when creating a design object. In that case the design object must be registered with a class that is of type linear asset.
Before setting the design object design status to Completed you must enter a site on the related linear asset. Once a site is set you limit the number of users that are allowed or restricted to see the linear asset. Segments and elements can be site specific, which means a segment or element can have a different site than the linear asset it belongs to. Hence a user can have access to see a linear asset but not see all belonging segments and/or elements.
When creating a segment or element its site will be set as the same site stated on the linear asset. It is possible to manually set another site on the segment or element if required. If the linear asset has not got a site stated, the created segment or element will by default get the site set as the user default site for the user creating the segment or element.
If a user with only access to, for example, site A is watching a linear asset registered on site A the user will not see segments, elements or elements that are placed on, for example, site B. If the linear asset on site A have a connection to a linear asset on site B, the user is allowed to see that connection and have the possibility to alter the connection. The user can not add a new connection to a linear asset on site B nor zoom to that linear asset.
When you enter and save a new linear asset, the system will set the operational status to Planned for Operation (if IFS/Asset Design is installed the first status will be Not Applicable). You can right click, point to Operational Status, and then click the appropriate option to change the status of the linear asset. Possible values are:
| Value | Definition |
| Not Applicable (available if IFS/Asset Design is installed) | The linear asset is new and not yet in use. It can also be a new revision of an existing linear asset. The linear asset can also have been transferred from IFS/Asset Design. |
| Planned for Operation | The linear asset is new and not yet in use. It can also be a new revision of an existing linear asset. |
| Partially in Operation | The linear asset is partially in use. At least one segment is in the status Planned for Operation or Out of Operation. |
| In Operation | The linear asset is in use. |
| Out of Operation | The linear asset is temporarily out of use due to activities such as routine maintenance, repair, management decision, or lack of need. |
| Scrapped | The linear asset is scrapped and is permanently out of use. |
When you enter and save a new segment on a linear asset, the system will set the operational status to Planned for Operation. You can right click on one or more segments, point to Status, and then click the appropriate option to change the status of the segment(s). The change in status of a segment can, in some cases, change the operational status of the linear asset itself. Possible values for the segment status are:
| Value | Definition |
| Planned for Operation | The segment is new and not yet in use. |
| In Operation | The segment is in use. |
| Out of Operation | The segment is temporarily out of use due to activities such as routine maintenance, repair, management decision, or lack of need. |
| Scrapped | The segment is scrapped and is permanently out of use. |
The status of the revision. This field is only visible if IFS/Asset Design is installed together with Linear Asset. Possible values are:
| Value | Definition |
| Preliminary | This is a preliminary revision of the linear asset. Only one preliminary revision of a linear asset can exist at one particular moment in time. |
| Active | This is the active revision of the linear asset. Only one active revision of a linear asset can exist at one particular moment in time. |
| Obsolete | This revision of the linear asset is an old revision. |
If IFS/Asset Design is installed and therefore the linear asset has a design object connected to it, the revision status is dependent on the combination between the design status for the design object and the operational status for the linear asset. Changing the design status is done either in Design Object window, or by right clicking in the Linear Asset window and choose the option Design Status. The table below reflects the revision status of the latest revision, the latest revision will drive the revision status for all earlier revisions of the linear asset. Following table shows the possible combinations:
| Design Status | ||||||
| NULL | Under Design | Completed | ReDesign | Planned for Scrap | ||
| Not Applicable | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | |
| Planned for Operation | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | |
| Operational Status | Partially in Operation | Active | Active | Active | Preliminary | Active |
| In Operation | Active | N/A | Active | N/A | N/A | |
| Out of Operation | Active | N/A | Active | N/A | Active | |
| Scrapped | Obsolete | N/A | Obsolete | N/A | N/A |