# Asset

### Definition

An Asset is a non-human Resource delivering a service, either via an Appointment or a Shift. This includes information such as location details, availability, unavailability, skills, and the relationship to specific [Participants](https://knowledge.maica.com.au/maica-knowledge-base/getting-started/maica-key-concepts/participant).

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Typical Assets might be cars being used to deliver services, rooms being booked, as well as any equipment beign taken to [Appointments](https://knowledge.maica.com.au/maica-knowledge-base/appointments) and [Shifts](https://knowledge.maica.com.au/maica-knowledge-base/shifts), such as medical equipment.
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### Purpose

The purpose of Assets is to capture the various non-human [Resources](https://knowledge.maica.com.au/maica-knowledge-base/resources) delivering services. This has been architected as a record type on the [Resource](https://knowledge.maica.com.au/maica-knowledge-base/resources) data object rather than using the native Salesforce Contact. The main reason for this is to separate the workforce (human and non-human) from the overall Contacts/Participants in the system. Assets also capture fundamentally different information which lends itself moreso to a specific data object to manage this.

### Usage

Assets are used widely in Maica, including associating them with [Appointments](https://knowledge.maica.com.au/maica-knowledge-base/getting-started/maica-key-concepts/appointment) and [Shifts](https://knowledge.maica.com.au/maica-knowledge-base/the-planner/planner-views-and-modes/shift-view). This includes beign able to filter and select Assets for [Appointments](https://knowledge.maica.com.au/maica-knowledge-base/getting-started/maica-key-concepts/appointment) based on Skills and Availability. 

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In many ways, Maica treats Assets just like [Resources](https://knowledge.maica.com.au/maica-knowledge-base/resources) with some reduced functionality, such as capturing personal information as this does not apply to non-human [Resources](https://knowledge.maica.com.au/maica-knowledge-base/resources).
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### Final Thoughts

There are many use cases where not only human care workers ([Resources](https://knowledge.maica.com.au/maica-knowledge-base/resources)) are involved in the delivery of services but also non-human ones, such as cars, rooms, equipment, among many others. Maica offers the ability to treat these non-human [Resources](https://knowledge.maica.com.au/maica-knowledge-base/resources) just like your care team buy including them in the scheduling, filtering, and rostering of your services.