# Asset Status: Active / Inactive / Unmonitored Assets

## Overview

Assets can have 3 statuses:

* *Active*
* *Inactive*
* *Unmonitored*

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

<div data-full-width="true"><figure><img src="https://3489494878-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F9GvUpaatBiReR43XFSMg%2Fuploads%2FiHW5vShZ9jP7dNwnfgff%2FE2445B42-02AD-47BB-9C34-863DF5B2D66B.png?alt=media&#x26;token=0dc796bd-d06f-4b20-a83d-8274629daf50" alt=""><figcaption><p>Fig. 1 – The Asset Menu</p></figcaption></figure></div>

## Explanation

The status indicates whether an asset has received data within a pre-defined time period.

<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 data within the specified time period.</td></tr><tr><td>Unmonitored</td><td>The function is deactivated for the asset</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Filter Assets by Status

You can filter assets by status in the Asset menu using the switches **\[B]**, **\[C]**, and **\[D]**.

## Configure Function

{% hint style="info" %}
Note the information in [↗ Minimum Time Interval](https://docs.buildings.ability.abb/collection/mandatory-base/assets/asset-status-active-inactive-unmonitored-assets)
{% endhint %}

### For Individual Assets

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

### In Asset Templates

When creating [-> Asset Templates](https://docs.buildings.ability.abb/collection/getting-started/2.-setting-up-assets/asset-modeling), you can set a default value for this option.

All assets created from this asset template will then adopt the default value of the template.

## Minimum Time Interval

The minimum time interval in which an asset's status is updated in column **\[E]** 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 column **\[E]**: The displayed value in this column is updated every 5 minutes.


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