Asset type in templates

When working on an assessment template, you can specify an asset type to associate with the template. This ensures that users selecting the template for assessments can select and evaluate assets of only the specified asset type or its subtypes.

Image of a template with the Asset type setting

Image of the Assessments landing page with a template having an asset type selected

Even if a template has an asset type, users can choose not to select any asset for an assessment. If an assessment without an asset is submitted, the Assessment Review asset that is subsequently created in Collibra doesn't have a relation to an underlying asset.

If a template doesn't have an asset type, users selecting the template for assessments can't select an asset, and are instead prompted to enter a description of what they want to assess in the Assessment Name field.

Image of the Assessments landing page with a template not having an asset type selected