# Discovery Chains

The ASM platform, in combination with our ASM Operations Team, discovers data in a variety of ways. It can sometimes be difficult to see how all the pieces come together to lead to an exposure or asset. To help with this, major entities have Discovery Chains available, that highlight the exact path that was required to discover that item. They can be viewed on the side panel and full page details pages. Make sure to click the full screen button if there are a lot of items in the chain!