Adding an asset category

To add an asset category:

  1. Open the Assets section in the KUMA web interface.
  2. Open the category creation window by doing the following:
    1. In the list of tenants, expand the tenant to which you want to add the new category.
    2. Hover over the parent category and do one of the following:
      • Click the plus () icon.
      • In the menu () select Add subcategory.

    The Add category details area appears in the right part of the web interface window.

  3. Add information about the category:
    • In the Name field, enter the name of the category. The name must contain 1 to 128 Unicode characters.
    • If necessary, change the category in the Parent drop-down list.
    • The Tenant field displays the tenant whose structure contains your selected parent category. You cannot change the previously selected tenant.
    • If necessary, change the severity of the category in the Severity drop-down list. The default value is Low.
    • If necessary, in the Description field, you can add a note consisting of up to 256 Unicode characters.
  4. In the Categorization kind drop-down list, select how the category will be populated with assets. Depending on your selection, you may need to specify additional settings:
    • Manually—assets can only be manually linked to a category.
    • Active—assets will be assigned to a category at regular intervals if they satisfy the defined filter. If an asset no longer matches the specified filter, such an asset is unlinked from the category, regardless of whether the assets were added automatically or manually.

      Active category of assets

    • Reactive—the category will be filled with assets by using correlation rules.
  5. Click Save.

The new category will be added to the asset categories tree.

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