You can link two assets together and specify which one of them is dependent on the other in order to function correctly. This is used for the purpose of configuration management.
It makes it possible in an IT system for example, to analyze the impact of a malfunctioning parent asset.
You can add a server as a parent asset and then link it to a workstation, which is the server’s dependent asset. If several workstations are dependent on the server, they must be linked to the server individually, thus forming individual parent asset – dependent asset pairs.