Changing the unit in type parameters

Introduction

The document shows the mechanism of changing the unit in the device parameters. Parameter units appear in dashboards, as well as in the resource view. Sometimes the units are entered incorrectly or are missing (not imported, not entered during the definition of a given type). We want to change/update a unit visible in views.

Implementation

We define units in types. This is a common place for devices of a given type/kind. There we define what parameters a given resource has and we can define its parameters there: default value and unit.

Changing the parameter can be done in the following steps. We show the path from the resource to the changed parameters view. Visually, this can be represented as follows:

  • Resource view. We can quickly jump to the type of resource in question.

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  • we see the parameters and units for a given type. We edit the type.

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  • go to the list of parameters, search for a given parameter and edit it

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  • in the parameter definition view, apart from the unit, we have other things (name/text). We’re making changes. We save.

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  • a new unit already appears in the type

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  • from a type, we can quickly show either all resources of a given type in the window, or go to the resource view already with a filter of a given type

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  • the type already has a new unit and this is also visible in the view of a given resource. Task done :)

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In the same place, we change the name of the parameter, its description, data type, and define additional parameters for communication with devices via the PVD application.

Completed an example of how you can modify the unit visible in resource parameters.

The Howto is based on system version 1.17.0.2 (03.2022) and presents features that may not be available in your system. Ask AMAGE about making this functionality available.
Due to ongoing development of the system, some screens or configuration files may look slightly different, but will still retain the full functionality described here. This does not affect the core functionality described in this document.