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Assets

Introduction

Thingsboard support following asset management features using Web UI and REST API.

Asset groups
Asset groups
List of assets
List of assets

Adding and delete asset

Tenant administrators can register new assets or delete them from Thingsboard. To add a new asset group, click the plus icon in the upper right corner. Enter the name for the new asset group, set up the sharing configuration, and click Add.

To delete the asset group, click the trash can icon next to the asset and confirm it in the dialog box.

Click the plus icon to add a new asset group and enter the name for it in the opened dialog box
Click the plus icon to add a new asset group and enter the name for it in the opened dialog box
To share an asset group, check the box and select customers. Then, click Add
To share an asset group, check the box and select customers. Then, click Add
To delete an asset group, click the trash can icon opposite an asset and confirm it in the dialog box
To delete an asset group, click the trash can icon opposite an asset and confirm it in the dialog box

Asset ID

Tenant administrators and customer users can copy the asset ID to the clipboard. Open an asset group, then click the asset name to open its details. There, click the “Copy Asset ID” button.

Open an asset group, then click the asset name to open its details.
Open an asset group, then click the asset name to open its details.
There, click the Copy Asset ID button.
There, click the Copy Asset ID button.

Asset attributes

Tenant administrators and customer users are able to manage asset server-side attributes. First, you should click on the asset to open its details. Then, go to attributes tab and, by checking the box next to asset attribute, you can delete it or display it on a widget.

Click on the asset to open its details
Click on the asset to open its details
Go to attributes tab
Go to attributes tab
By checking the box next to asset attribute, you can delete it or display it on a widget
By checking the box next to asset attribute, you can delete it or display it on a widget

Asset alarms

Tenant administrators and customer users are able to browse asset alarms. To configure an alarm, you should create relations from asset to the device, add an alarm rule and trigger the alarm via terminal. After these actions, you can see the triggered alarm in the asset details.

Triggered alarm from the connected device in the asset details
Triggered alarm from the connected device in the asset details

Asset events

Tenant administrators and customer users can browse events related to a particular asset using the Events tab. Events help to track each message to see what happened to an asset.
Error event displays major problems that could affect asset’s work.
Lifecycle event displays when the asset was created and if it was successful.
Statistics event displays how many messages were proceeded and how many errors were there. Raw data event is using while debugging.

Documentation dedicated to events is coming soon.

Asset relations

ThingsBoard provides the user interface and REST APIs to provision and manage multiple entity types and their relations in your IoT application.

In the relations tab of asset details, add a new relation by clicking the plus icon
In the relations tab of asset details, add a new relation by clicking the plus icon
Select entity type and add a list of entities
Select entity type and add a list of entities
Save applied changes
Save applied changes
From asset created relation to two devices
From asset created relation to two devices

Audit logs

ThingsBoard provides the ability to track user actions in order to keep an audit log. It is possible to log user actions related to main entities: assets, devices, dashboard, rules, etc.

Track user actions in order to keep audit log
Track user actions in order to keep audit log