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title: Create an asset group in Enterprise Asset Management
description: Create asset groups to create a logical group of entities that includes assets, locations, and users.
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product: Enterprise Asset Management
classification: enterprise-asset-management
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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breadcrumb: [Create and manage enterprise assets, Managing enterprise models and assets, Enterprise Asset Management, Asset Management]
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# Create an asset group in Enterprise Asset Management

Create asset groups to create a logical group of entities that includes assets, locations, and users.

## Before you begin

Role required:sn\_eam.enterprise\_admin or sn\_eam.enterprise\_asset\_manager

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Workspaces** > **Enterprise Asset Workspace**.

2.  From the Enterprise Asset Workspace, open the Enterprise asset estate view.

3.  Select the **Asset groups** tab.

    This tab contains the following subtabs:

    -   **Asset groups**: Create and manage asset groups across your organization. This subtab is further classified into the following sites:
        -   Unassigned sites: sites not assigned to any asset group.
        -   Assigned sites: sites assigned to an asset group.
    -   **Sites**: View equipment model entities that are picked up from the Equipment model \[cmdb\_ci\_ot\_isa\_entity\] table. The Equipment model table is a descendant of the Application Service CI \[cmdb\_ci\_service\_auto\] table.

        For more information about sites, see [Create a site in the Enterprise Asset Management application](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/it-asset-management/enterprise-asset-management/create-sites-eam.md).

4.  On the **Asset groups** subtab, select **New**.

5.  On the form, fill in the fields.

<table id="table_ik3_wyx_jfc"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

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

Name

</td><td>

Name of the asset group.

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

Service instance

</td><td>

Reference that you can assign to the asset group. This creates a bridge between the CI and the assets.If you assign a reference to the asset group, then the asset group is bound by the reference to the selected Service instance.

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

Description

</td><td>

Brief description of the asset group.

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

Parent

</td><td>

Parent group of the asset group.

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

Location

</td><td>

Specific geographical location of the asset group.

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

Site

</td><td>

Equipment model entities that are picked up from the Equipment model \[cmdb\_ci\_ot\_isa\_entity\] table.

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

State

</td><td>

The current state of the asset group. By default, a newly created asset group is in the **Build** state.

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

Substsate

</td><td>

The substate of the asset group.

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

Support group

</td><td>

The group to contact if you encounter any issues with the asset group.

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

Supported by

</td><td>

The person who can be contacted within the support group for any issues that you may encounter with the asset group.

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

Department

</td><td>

Department to which the asset group belongs.

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

Company

</td><td>

Company or organization to which the asset group belongs.

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

Owned by

</td><td>

Person who has financial ownership of the asset group. This can be different from the person in the **Managed by** field.

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

Managed by

</td><td>

Person who maintains the asset group. This can be different from the person in the **Owned by** field.

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

Assigned to

</td><td>

Person using or primarily responsible for this asset group. This field is visible when the asset state is **In Use**.

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

Assigned

</td><td>

Date on which the asset group was assigned to a user.

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

Installed

</td><td>

Date on which the asset group was assigned to the person mentioned in the **Assigned to** field.

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

Retired date

</td><td>

The date this asset group is retired.

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

Comments

</td><td>

Any comments to add.

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

    The asset group record opens with related lists for adding subgroups and assets.

7.  Select the View dependency map icon, \[Omitted image "dependency-map-icon.png"\] Alt text: View dependency map, next to an asset group, in the Asset groups page, to view the relationship between an asset group, subgroups, and assets.

    \[Omitted image "dependency-map-graphic.png"\] Alt text: Dependency map

    If you have the sn\_cmdb\_user role, you can further drill down by selecting the dependency map icon. For example, in the screenshot, select the dependency map icon on the Surgery Room 1 node to further drill down. Additionally, if you have the app\_service\_admin role, you can view the **Related items** contextual panel on the right side of the Dependency map page.


-   **[Create an asset subgroup in Enterprise Asset Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/it-asset-management/enterprise-asset-management/create-asset-subgroup-eam.md)**  
Create a subgroup to add child asset groups to an asset group.
-   **[Add assets to an asset group or subgroup](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/it-asset-management/enterprise-asset-management/add-assets-assetgroups.md)**  
Add existing assets to an asset group or subgroup.

**Parent Topic:**[Create and manage enterprise assets](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/it-asset-management/enterprise-asset-management/create-manage-enterprise-assets.md)