Device Change History

In this guide we will cover: – Tracking Device Change History – Filtering Device Change History – Changing to Tile View – Reporting on Device Changes – Optimising Device Change history Admin Guides: General Settings (Asset Management) Related Guides: Asset Management Linking Assets  The Asset Catalogue Tracking Device Change History Within your "Assets" area, you […]

Introduction to Asset Management

Asset Management will allow you to store & organise your managed devices, track detailed information against your Assets & assign Assets to Tickets for Incident/Request volume analysis per Asset. Check out the "Asset Management" FAQ Group on the Portal for detailed descriptions of asset configuration settings (Fields, Types, General Settings). Terminology Before we look at […]

General Procedure for Integrating with an RMM

In this guide we will cover: – Connecting via the API – Mappings Custom Fields Trouble Shooting Using the Developer Tools Ticket Type Email Rule The commonly used RMM's will have detailed guides of how to integrate with Halo. This below guide goes over the general procedure for integrating with any RMM tool. There must […]

Asset Template Creation

In this guide we will cover: – What is an asset template? – How to create and use an asset template What is an asset template? Asset templates can be used as a base when creating new assets. Information about the asset can be saved to an asset template, then when creating a new asset […]

Iframe Custom Tabs on Assets

In this guide we will cover: – Configuring the Custom Tab – Adding the Custom Tab to an Asset Type Configuring the Custom Tab Using Iframes within custom tabs will allow you to view a specified URL from within your asset. To add custom tabs to your assets you must navigate to Configuration > Custom […]

Asset Types/Groups

In this guide we will cover: – How to create an asset group – Assets vs Items – How to create a new asset Type Admin Guides: Asset Types Asset Groups  Configuring asset types and groups will allow you to more readily view an organised list of your devices and will also allow you to […]

Asset Views

In this guide we will cover: – Asset Lists and Key Fields – Column Profiles – Related Assets Column Profile – Changing the display name of an Asset – Viewing Assets in the Portal Admin Guides: Asset General Settings Asset Lists and Key Fields There are two main ways in which the list of assets can […]

Asset Fields

In this guide we will cover: – Creating Asset Fields – Creating Custom Fields for the Asset Entity  – Difference between Asset Fields and Custom Fields for Assets – Control Who has Configuration Access to Asset Fields – SQL Lookups (v2.210.1+)   Admin Guides: Asset Fields Related Guides: Batch Updating Asset Fields Asset fields correspond […]

Restricting Asset Access

In this guide we will cover: – How to restrict agent access to assets – How to restrict agents access to certain asset fields The type of asset permissions you use will depend on the setting 'Asset Permission Type', found in Configuration > Asset Management > General Settings.   Fig 1. Asset Permission type Use […]

Assets Vs Items

In this guide we will cover: – The difference between assets and items/products in Halo Assets Vs Items An Asset can be thought of as an individual instance of an Item/Product, whereas a product is a collection of assets that have not yet been serialised/individualised. Items/Products (the term 'Item' & 'Product' are interchangeable) are the […]