Understand organization of asset models in PI AF

The goal of your asset model organization is to make assets easy to find for your users. The main method of organization is the element tree. PI AF elements are organized in a tree structure. Individual elements can be organized and regrouped within the tree, without limitations. If you are just getting started with PI AF, then start by creating the element hierarchy.

You can additionally organize through categories to speed up and simplify browsing and searching information. Think of categories as labels that you can apply to PI AF objects. Each object can have multiple categories.

Note: You can also organize assets within a process. See Understand process models in PI AF.