Compare Asset Groups

Overview

Compare puts two asset groups side-by-side so you see shared members, assets exclusive to each group, and coverage gaps. Carlos uses it every quarter when reconciling Engineering vs Sales fleets, and again after onboarding batches like Sophie's MacBook cohort, to make sure group membership matches reality before audit walk-throughs.

Step-by-step

1. 1

   Open ITAM → Physical Assets → Asset Groups

   Choose Compare from the groups toolbar or open compare after selecting two groups from the list.

2. 2

   Select Engineering Laptops and Sales Laptops

   Pick the two fleets Carlos maintains, or any pair you need for audit, refresh, or compliance reconciliation.

3. 3

   Review overlap and unique members

   Overlap shows devices in both groups (should usually be empty for department fleets). Left-only and right-only highlight exclusives and gaps.

4. 4

   Apply filters to narrow results

   Filter by device type, status, or workplace, e.g. Active laptops at SF HQ only during the quarterly audit.

5. 5

   Act on discrepancies

   Add missing MacBooks to Engineering Laptops, remove mis-tagged devices, or export the diff for Maya's report.

Reading results

• Overlap. Assets in both groups. For department fleets this should usually be empty; overlap often means a mis-tagged device or duplicate group membership.
• Left only. Assets in the first group but not the second (e.g. Engineering-only MacBooks).
• Right only. Assets in the second group but not the first (e.g. Sales-only Dells, or mis-assigned MacBooks Carlos needs to fix).

Example comparison