# Asset status: active / inactive / unmonitored assets

## Overview

Assets can have 3 statuses:

* *Active*
* *Inactive*
* *Not monitored*

The current status of the asset is shown in the asset menu in the column **Status \[E]** displayed.

<div data-full-width="true"><figure><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/Nyvwhz1kEMXcHf4HLuZ8/blobs/jBnkgfbfX72MqkDYqDQI/E2445B42-02AD-47BB-9C34-863DF5B2D66B.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Fig. 1 – The asset menu</p></figcaption></figure></div>

## Explanation

The status indicates whether an asset has received data within a predefined time period. &#x20;

<table><thead><tr><th width="200"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Active</td><td>The asset has received data within the specified time period</td></tr><tr><td>Inactive</td><td>The asset has not received any data within the specified time period.</td></tr><tr><td>Not monitored</td><td>The function is disabled for the asset</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Filter assets by status

Using the switches **\[B]**, **\[C]** and **\[D]** you can filter the assets by status in the asset menu

## Configure function

{% hint style="info" %}
Note the information in [↗ Minimum time interval](#minimales-zeitintervall)
{% endhint %}

### For individual assets

You can configure this function for each individual asset in the [-> Asset details](https://docs.buildings.ability.abb/collection/english-v14/documentation/assets/configure-an-asset)

### For asset templates

When creating [-> Asset templates](https://docs.buildings.ability.abb/collection/english-v14/documentation/engineering/asset-modeling-templates) you can define a default value for this option.&#x20;

All assets created on the basis of this asset template will then adopt the template's default value.&#x20;

## Minimum time interval

The minimum time interval in which the status of an asset in column **\[E]** is updated is 5 minutes. If you have set a shorter value in the asset details or the asset template, the asset will indeed be switched to inactive after this time. However, this will not be visible in the column **\[E]** : the displayed value in this column is updated every 5 minutes.