Parent nodes

Parent

A “parent” is the node immediately above another node in the hierarchical tree structure of the Asset Type Tree or Asset Tree.

Business rules

A parent item may also be an ancestor.
For example the “Pumps” Asset Type is the parent and ancestor of the “Steam Pumps” and “Kinetic Pumps” Asset Types, but it is only the parent of the “Casing” Component, not an ancestor because a Component cannot inherit from an Asset Type.

- Example -

In the following Asset Type Tree structure, the “Pumps” Asset Type is the parent of:

  • The “Casing” Component.
  • The “Fan” In-Place Asset Type.
  • The “Gearbox” Asset Type Placeholder.
  • The Sub Asset Types “Steam Pumps”, “Kinetic Pumps”, “Reciprocating Power Pumps”, “Rotary Pumps” and “Vertical Pumps”.

The “Kinetic Pumps” Asset Type is the parent of:

  • “Centrifugal Pump”
  • “Regenerative Turbine Pump”
  • “Special Effect Pump”.

 

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