Adding the Project Asset Type
The primitive and composite attributes you have added form the building blocks for your project assets. The final step is to combine them into a new project asset type, including defining how the attributes are laid out on the Asset page for a project.
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Click Asset Types in the Database navigation sidebar.
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Click Add.
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Write Project in the Name field.
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Write PROJ in the Alias field.
The alias PROJ, combined with a unique integer, is used in web links for project assets — the first project you create will get the identifier PROJ-1. Once the new asset type has been saved to the database, the alias cannot be changed.
Attributes are shown in collapsible sections on an asset page. You will add three sections for the project asset type:
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Under Sections, write Information in the Title field. In the Add attribute list, select the Status attribute. Also select Work group.
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Click the Add Section button to add a second section. Write Files in the Title field. In the Add attribute list, select Documentation files. Also select Presentations.
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Click the Add Section button to add a third and final section. Write Simulation models in the Title field. In the Add attribute list, select Model versions.
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Click Save.
There will already be a default asset type on the Asset Types page. This asset type is automatically created for a new Model Manager server database. It uses the two predefined composite attributes — Attachments and Model versions.
Click the project asset type on the Asset Types page to open its details page. You should see three sections containing five attributes in total — two primitive attributes and three composite attributes. Click on the Presentations (presentation) link to open its details page. You should see the primitive attributes Presentation and Presented, the two members of the Presentations composite attribute.
Asset Types