Link Asset Inventory status to the Devices tab — they should be the same record
What I'm asking for: Surface asset status directly on the Devices tab — either as a column or inline on the device record — so I can see at a glance whether a device is Retired, In Stock, or In Use without leaving the tab. Even better, link the Asset record to the Device agent so they're the same object, not two parallel lists.
Ramiro Del Rio
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Ramiro Del Rio
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Assets and Devices are currently two separate things in Atera, and that's a problem.
When I go to a customer's Devices tab, I see the agent, availability, patch count — but zero asset context. When I go to Assets, I see the asset name, type, and status (In Stock, Retired, etc.) — but it's completely disconnected from the live agent data.
Here's a real example from my environment: I have a workstation called "Teresita AFC Check out" showing up in both places. In Assets, it's marked Retired. In Devices, it shows Offline with 19 pending OS patches. Those two records have no relationship to each other in the UI. I have to manually cross-reference them to understand the full picture.
What I'm asking for: Surface asset status directly on the Devices tab — either as a column or inline on the device record — so I can see at a glance whether a device is Retired, In Stock, or In Use without leaving the tab. Even better, link the Asset record to the Device agent so they're the same object, not two parallel lists.
The practical benefit: when a device is marked Retired in Assets, I should be able to tell immediately in Devices without hunting. Right now I'm maintaining two sources of truth for the same physical machine, which defeats the purpose of having an asset manager at all.
This is a low-hanging UX win. The data is already there — it just needs to be connected.
— Ram