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# Create asset contact relationships

# Create asset contact relationships {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated August 1, 2024
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 2 minutes to read

Assign an asset to a customer contact who is responsible for managing that asset.

Account and partner contacts can see all of the assets related to an account. To limit access
to an asset, you can create an asset contact relationship and assign the asset to one or more
contacts. Then you can enable the associated property to restrict access to the asset information
to the assigned contacts.

The system administrator can add a primary contact to an asset by selecting a user in the
Primary Contact field on the Asset form. This field references the
Contacts table and is filtered by the asset's account.  
The system administrator can also create relationships with additional contacts from the Asset Contacts related list on the Asset form. When you create an asset contact relationship, you can select contacts from:

* The account that the asset belongs to.
* The partner of the account that the asset belongs to.
* Any contacts added to these accounts using contact relationships.
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After adding contacts to an asset, enable the related property to limit access. When enabled, the following access is limited from the customer portal:

* When a user clicks My Assets, the list shows only those assets for which the user is a contact.
* When a user clicks Create Case, the Asset field on the Create Case form shows only those assets for which the user is a contact.
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## Assign a primary contact to an asset {#ariaid-title2}

Users with the system administrator role can assign a primary contact to an asset.

### Before you begin

Role required: admin

### Procedure

1. Navigate to AllCustomer ServiceProductsAssets.
2. Click the desired asset.
3. Select a Primary Contact.  
   This field references the Contacts \[customer_contact\] table and is filtered by the account selected in the Account field.
4. Click Update.  
   The contact is added to the Asset Contacts related list on the asset form.

## Assign a contact to an asset {#ariaid-title3}

Users with the system administrator role can assign a contact to an asset.

### Before you begin

Role required: admin

### About this task

Users with the sn_customerservice.customer_admin can also assign a contact to an
asset from the Customer Service Portal.

### Procedure

1. Navigate to AllCustomer ServiceProductsAssets.
2. Click the desired asset.
3. Click New in the Asset Contacts related list.  
   This displays a new Asset Contact form. The Asset field displays the selected asset and is read-only.
4. Select a Contact.  
   The contacts available for selection are the contacts from the asset's account.
5. Click Submit.  
   The contact is added to the Asset Contacts related list.

## Enable the asset contact relationship property {#ariaid-title4}

Limit access to asset information to the assigned contacts by enabling the associated
property.

### Before you begin

Role required: admin

### Procedure

1. Navigate to AllCustomer ServiceAdministrationProperties.
2. Set the Restrict Assets based on Contacts assigned to the assets property to true.
3. Click Save.

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