Asset
An asset is a resource, item, right, or capability that has value to an individual or organization.
Data Pipelines with Apache Airflow, Second Edition
An asset is a virtual reference identified by a string ID or URI that represents a data object or other consumable or producible resource.
- How it is used
- Models resources shared between producer and consumer DAGs so updates can trigger downstream work.
- How deep it goes
- Defines the identifier and works through producer outputs, consumer schedules, triggering events, and multiple-input conditions; does not describe asset storage internals.
- Examples
- Uses an events data set, PythonOperator outlets, an asset-scheduled statistics DAG, and a two-source data combination.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via Airflow to trigger consumer DAGs from produced data and select inputs using triggering asset events.
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Investing for Programmers
An asset is a resource or property with economic value that can provide financial benefits to its owner.
- How it is used
- Frames investing around acquiring assets, evaluating their monetization paths, and matching them to goals, risk tolerance, and management time.
- How deep it goes
- Defines asset classes, monetization, fungibility, and liquidity, then applies the concept to balance sheets without developing valuation models.
- Examples
- Uses stocks, bonds, commodities, real estate, patents, factories, inventory, and balance-sheet relationships as concrete examples.
- What you can do after
- Evaluate assets by comparing income, appreciation, risk, fungibility, liquidity, capital requirements, and maintenance demands.
Related concepts
- producer DAGproduced by · A producer DAG is a directed acyclic graph whose tasks prepare or generate a data asset for downstream workflows.
- portfoliopart of · A portfolio is a collection of assets, work, tools, or initiatives assembled or managed together for purposes such as evaluation, presentation, investment, or prioritization.
- asset-based scheduleused by · An asset-based schedule triggers workflow execution when specified data assets or their conditions change.
- dataincludes · Data is represented information, observations, measurements, or other values that can be stored, processed, transmitted, analyzed, or interpreted.
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