Asset Classes
Asset classes are the taxonomy categories that organize your equipment. They form a hierarchy from broad groups like Fire Equipment down to specific types like CO2 Fire Extinguisher. Asset models can sit within these classes, and every individual asset instance is created from a model. You can create a model without a class and link one later. A single model can belong to multiple classes, so you can classify the same equipment in different ways.
How Asset Classes, Models, and Instances Work Together
Asset classes are categories. Asset models are the specific equipment templates you create, such as Some Company's CO2 Extinguisher. Asset instances are the physical units you track, such as three individual extinguishers installed in different rooms.
Class = a taxonomy node for filtering and grouping
Model = a reusable template with manufacturer details, documents, and blocks
Instance = an individual unit with its own location, serial number, and warranty
Where Asset Classes Come From
Asset classes now come from a shared catalogue that CalmCompliance maintains, so every customer sees the same taxonomy. Instead of creating classes, you turn the classes your site needs on from the catalogue and turn off the ones you don't use. A class that comes from the catalogue cannot be renamed, moved, or deleted ā turn it off instead if your site doesn't use it.
Asset Class Catalogue
The Asset Class Catalogue holds every asset class CalmCompliance maintains. Open it from the Asset Classes page with Browse Catalogue.
Go to Premises > Assets, open the More asset options (ā¦) menu, and choose Asset Classes
Click Browse Catalogue
Browse the hierarchy or search by class name, key, description, or alternative name ā searching emergency light finds Emergency Luminaires
The catalogue shows whether each class is enabled for your site. Groups are organizational headings and have no switch; only assignable classes can be turned on or off. You need the Manager or Admin role for the Premises module to change a class's setting.
Turning a class on adds it to your site's classes. Turning a class off is non-destructive: the class and everything filed under it stay, and turning it back on restores it. Turning a class off is refused if any asset would be left without a class ā re-file those assets first. If a live schedule targets the class, you confirm before the class is turned off, and any child classes go off with it.
If the catalogue doesn't hold the class you need, use Ask for a class or Ask Calm for this class to request it. Submit the request with the class name, an example you have, and anything else worth knowing.
Link, unlink, and set a primary class
Asset class is optional when you create a model. If you skip it in the Create Asset wizard, link a class later from the model detail page in the Asset Classes section, or from the class screen. For steps to link or unlink an asset model to a class, and to choose which class is primary, see Managing asset classes and linked definitions.
Industry Standard Codes
Asset classes support SFG20 and Uniclass codes so you can align your internal taxonomy with industry standards. For steps on adding, editing, and removing these codes, see Manage SFG20 and Uniclass codes for asset classes.
Common Questions
Can a model belong to multiple classes? Yes. A single asset model can be filed under several classes, so you can organize equipment by function, manufacturer, or location type.
Do classes affect asset instances? Instances are created from models, not directly from classes. Changing a model's class membership updates how it appears in class filters and lists, but does not change the instance records.
Can I delete a class? Classes that come from the shared catalogue cannot be deleted ā turn them off in the Asset Class Catalogue instead, and turn them back on if you need them again. Turning a class off is refused while assets are filed under it.