Create a digital twin of your physical assets in the myDevices middleware that relates to assets with your own CMMS, building management and working ticketing system, or build assets to manage directly within the myDevices platform. Assets work just like a device in the myDevices platform in that you save asset data, receive alerts, view data history, create dashboards
Getting Started
To add an asset, go to the location menu and select Add Assets
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General Info
Asset Name: In the General Info section, you’ll first start by giving your asset a name.
Asset ID: The Asset ID is automatically generated upon saving.
External ID: If your asset is represented by an ID from your existing system, you can add it here. When data is sent via integrations or pulled via our API, the external ID will ensure you can store the data to be associated properly in your system.
Reading Interval: Every X minutes assets data be calculated Assets data can be received every 5, 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes.
Show asset in: The asset you create will be shown in the Manage screen under 1 location that you choose.
Asset Icon: You will assign your asset an icon. This icon will represent your asset when used in a sensor map or widget.
Asset URL: Each asset has its own URL. The users can be public (no sign in required) or private (sign in required to view URL. When receiving asset alerts you can include the asset URL in the SMS and/or email alert notifications. A QR code that represents the asset url can be printed out and attached to the physical asset for easy view and access to the assets current status.
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Asset Data
After you created your asset, the next step is add asset data. While your asset can only appear in 1 location, you can add asset data from any device(s) across any location in your account. There are 2 options for add asset data, Simple Data Selection and Advanced Formula Editor.
Simple Data Selection: If you are choose a data point from a device to use as is with no additional calculations or you are just 1 data set then Simple Data Selection is the right approach.
Data Label: Enter the name of the asset data point
Selecting Data: Filter by company, location and device template to select the data points you want to combine or just select 1 data point.
Apply Formula: Apply a formula to your data (SUM, Average, Count, Median, Max or None) or if you only have selected 1 data point choose None
Choose Data Type: After you’ve selected your data and applied a formula, you will select the data type that you want to apply any units of measurement.
Choose Unit of Measurement (if applicable): If you’re adding an asset data point that is a represented as a Value, you will select the unit of measurement. If you’re adding a status data point, you will select None as it not a applicable.
Advanced Formula Editor: If you want to use a custom formula and/or need to use multiple data sets in to calculate your asset data point, you will use the Advanced Formula Editor.
Data Label: Enter the name of the asset data point
Selecting Multiple Data Sets: With Advanced Formula Editor, you can create 1 or more data sets for an asset that can be used to calculate your assets data.
Creating Formulas using native javascript code: Our asset services uses standard JS code to process formulas and calculated data points. Here’s some JS coode examples on how to get started
JS Code Example 1: Occupancy: SUM (Total In) - (SUM) Total Out
JS Code Example 2: Energy: AVG(Hotdrops energy) *(Voltdrop voltage)
JS Code Example 3: Need example using a custom formula
Choose Data Type: After you’ve selected your data and applied a formula, you will select the data type that you want to apply any units of measurement.
Choose Unit of Measurement (if applicable): If you’re adding an asset data point that is a represented as a Value, you will select the unit of measurement. If you’re adding a status data point, you will select None as it not a applicable.
Meta Data: With each asset you can store unlimited amount of meta data.