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Average Temperature Across Related Devices

Use a Related Entities Aggregation calculated field to collect temperature readings from multiple sensors and store the average on a parent asset.

Use case

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Warehouse A contains two thermometer sensors. Each reports a temperature telemetry key.

ThingsBoard:

  • finds all devices related to Warehouse A via Contains relations
  • averages the latest temperature reading from each sensor
  • stores the result as avgTemperature on Warehouse A

Step 1. Create devices and asset

Section titled “Step 1. Create devices and asset”

Create an asset to represent the warehouse:

  • Name: Warehouse A
  • Asset profile: warehouse

Create two devices with the thermometer device profile:

  • Name: Sensor A1
  • Name: Sensor A2

Step 2. Create relations

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Link both sensors to the warehouse using outbound Contains relations:

  1. Open Warehouse A details.
  2. Go to the Relations tab.
  3. Add an outbound Contains relation to Sensor A1.
  4. Add an outbound Contains relation to Sensor A2.

Step 3. Create calculated field

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You can import a ready-made calculated field or build it manually.

Option 1. Import calculated field

  • Download the Warehouse Average Temperature calculated field as JSON file and import it into your instance.

Option 2. Create manually

  • Navigate to Calculated fields and click + Add calculated field.

General settings

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  • Title: Warehouse Average Temperature
  • Entity type: Asset
  • Entity: Warehouse A
  • Type: Related entities aggregation
  • Aggregation path:
    • Relation direction: Down to child
    • Relation type: Contains

Argument

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Click Add argument and configure it to read temperature from each related device:

  • Argument type: Latest telemetry
  • Time series key: temperature
  • Argument name: temperature
  • Default value: 0

Metric

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Click Add metric and configure the aggregation:

  • Metric name: avgTemperature
  • Aggregation: Average
  • Value source: Key
  • Argument name: temperature

Output

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  • Output type: Time series
  • Decimals: 1
  • Strategy: Process right away

Click Add to save.

Step 4. Verify the result

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Post temperature telemetry to each device. Replace $ACCESS_TOKEN with the device access token.

Sensor A1:

Terminal window
curl -v -X POST -d '{"temperature": 21.06}' https://thingsboard.cloud/api/v1/$ACCESS_TOKEN/telemetry --header "Content-Type:application/json"

Sensor A2:

Terminal window
curl -v -X POST -d '{"temperature": 23.84}' https://thingsboard.cloud/api/v1/$ACCESS_TOKEN/telemetry --header "Content-Type:application/json"

The computed field reads the latest value from each related device, calculates the average, and stores it as the totalWaterConsumption time-series key for Warehouse A.

Expected result: Open Warehouse A ⇾ Latest telemetry tab. The avgTemperature value is 22.5 (average of 21.06 and 23.84, rounded to 1 decimal), updated automatically whenever new data arrives from either sensor.

See also

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