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title: Create a TCO report source
description: Create a Total Cost of Ownership \(TCO\) report source for TCO reports.
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release: australia
product: Hardware Asset Management
classification: hardware-asset-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Create a TCO report, Configure the Total Cost of Ownership of assets, Use, Hardware Asset Management, IT Asset Management, Asset Management]
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# Create a TCO report source

Create a Total Cost of Ownership \(TCO\) report source for TCO reports.

## Before you begin

Role required: asset

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Hardware Asset Workspace** > **Asset analytics**.

2.  Open the report for which you want to create report sources from the Comparative reports section.

    You can also create a comparative report. For more information, see [Create a TCO report in Hardware Asset Workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/hardware-asset-management/create-ham-tco-report.md).

3.  Select the **Report sources** tab.

4.  Select **New**.

5.  On the form, fill in the fields.

<table id="table_lwr_m4s_qzb"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Name

</td><td>

Name of the report source.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Active

</td><td>

Option to indicate if the report source is active or not. By default, this check box is selected. **Note:** You can have a maximum of four active report sources for a report at any given time. If you want to add another active report source, you must inactivate another report source.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Report table

</td><td>

Table for Hardware Asset Management, Hardware \(alm\_hardware\).

</td></tr><tr><td>

Set conditions

</td><td>

Filter to select assets with certain conditions.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Description

</td><td>

A brief and meaningful description of the report source.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>6.  Select **Save**.


## Result

The new report source is added to the list of TCO report sources in the **TCO report sources** tab.

**Parent Topic:**[Create a TCO report in Hardware Asset Workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/hardware-asset-management/create-ham-tco-report.md)

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[Asset Total Cost of Ownership for Hardware Asset Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/hardware-asset-management/asset-mgmt-tco.md)

[Asset analytics view](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/hardware-asset-management/asset-analytics-view.md)