# Tracking entities made up of assets?

**URL:** <https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/tracking-entities-made-up-of-assets/3997>\
**Category:** Flow Production Tracking\
**Tags:** hierarchy, asset\
**Created:** [November 27, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/tracking-entities-made-up-of-assets/3997 "2019-11-27T16:49:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![PoMo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/pomo/32/1405_2.png) [@PoMo](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/PoMo)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/tracking-entities-made-up-of-assets/3997/1 "2019-11-27T16:49:12Z")

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Hi! New SG user here. We’re using SG to track animation/cinematic production at our studio and a few newb questions came up for me.

In our production, the hierarchy is:

Scenes  
^  
Sequences  
^  
Shots

To this, we’re developing assets that are meant to be used across entire scenes. However, the assets are part of a larger group, which are being tracked separately (let’s call them super-assets).

What I’d like to do is track the progress of these super-assets, with links on the scene page.

I’m still digging through docs & vids that explain SGs flows, so thanks for bearing with something that may have an obvious answer.

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**Author:** ![Jessica](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/jessica/32/6757_2.png) [@Jessica](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/Jessica)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/tracking-entities-made-up-of-assets/3997/2 "2019-11-27T17:37:50Z")

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Hey PoMo,

Welcome to the Shotgun community! 🎉 : Thanks for dropping a line.

You should have an `Assets` Field on your Scenes entity where you can link Assets to Scenes:

 ![22%20AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/original/2X/c/c5387ba881dee299837d9c99c7bd20963702015d.png)

If you’d like, you can also create [custom Fields](https://support.shotgunsoftware.com/hc/en-us/articles/219031118-All-about-fields) in cases where an out-of-the-box Field doesn’t exist that matches what you’re looking for.

If you want to categorize your “super Assets” differently than regular Assets, I’d recommend using an alternate Asset Field `Type`. You can customize your Asset Type Field by right clicking on the Field header from an Asset Page, and selecting `Configure Field`:

 ![32%20AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/original/2X/f/f37f28e626fc745d61a4e1e7ecc96e636c18ef7c.png)

From there, you’ll get a dialogue box where you can add and organize your custom Types.

 ![40%20AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/original/2X/1/1912127e0a5c050b34d8b0ea8f877dfcf7ff534e.png)

I hope that all helps, but give a shout if you need any additional assistance.

Cheers,  
Jessica

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**Author:** ![PoMo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/pomo/32/1405_2.png) [@PoMo](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/PoMo)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/tracking-entities-made-up-of-assets/3997/3 "2019-11-27T18:11:59Z")

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Thanks, Jessica - this helps a bunch!