Asset Search page

The Asset Search page appears when you select to search for assets from the Home page of the Axeda® Connected Product Management Applications. By default, this page shows all of the assets to which you have access. For an Administrator user, the table could span multiple pages, so tools are provided at the top of this page to search the Axeda Platform for assets in which you are interested. You can perform a simple search or advanced search. The more information you provide, the faster the search returns results.

By default, all Filter tools are shown for use. You can close the Filter tools if you want to use only the Browse tree for filtering or if you are content with the assets available in the currently displayed Browse table. After you specify the filter properties for searching for assets and click Search, the Platform locates matching assets (that is, assets that contain the string within the selected asset property, for all asset property values you define) and displays them in the table.

Simple filter values enable you to search for assets using the following asset attributes:

o        Status (condition) (see icons).

o        Name - Asset name (using all or part of the name).

o        Organization - Organization assignment for the asset(s).

o        Location (associated address) of the asset(s).

The following are shown in the table, but not part of search criteria:

o        Connected - Missing, Online, or Muted status (see icons).

Note: The Connected statues is not relevant when an asset is muted, as the Platform is not actively communicating with the asset. When an asset is unmuted, the Platform will correctly identify whether that asset is connected or missing, as indicated with the icons

o        Language - of the asset(s). The language is inherited from either the Location selected for the asset (since language is associated with locations defined in the Platform), or from an override configured with the Axeda Platform SDK. If the language for the location assigned to the asset is overridden via the Axeda Platform SDK, then the asset inherits the language override, and that language is displayed here instead.

Advanced filter values enable you to search for assets using the basic filters plus additional values. In the following list, the items marked with two asterisks (**) use Axeda Smart Suggest. The Advanced Filters are:

o        Serial Number** - Serial number for the asset (using all or part of the serial number).

o        Organization - using Advanced filters you can search with all or part of the Organization name.

o        Model** - Model for those asset(s).

o        Region** - Region with which the asset(s) are associated.

o        Asset Group** - Asset group to which the asset is assigned - the list in the left column shows the name of each asset group to which you have privileges; when you select an asset group in the list, the right column shows the name of the Parent Asset Group for that asset group. If you have privileges to see the Root Asset Group, remember that it has no parent. All default model asset groups have the same Parent Asset Group, Default Model Group.

o        Gateway - Gateway managing the asset(s).

o        System - System with which the asset(s) are associated.

o        Gateway Only - Whether you want to find only Gateway model assets for the search (Axeda® Gateway assets) or any type of asset (Gateway, managed, or standalone).

o        Muted -  Whether you want to find only assets that are muted or assets that may be muted or not muted.

For example, you can use the filters to find:

o        only gateway managed assets for a specific Gateway model (provide model name and select "Gateway Only").

o        all assets with serial numbers containing the string "ACME" and packages "Package1" (specify those search values in Asset and Package fields).

o        all assets in System "XYZ" that are Gateway models and have a data item, "DataX", of a value greater than "100" (specify those search values in the System and Gateway Only fields, and Data Item ("DataX"), Condition (">"), and Value ("100") fields).

To search with filters

1.       If no filters are shown, click Filters. The basic filters are shown; select Advanced to show the advanced filters.

2.       Type or select the values by which you want to search the server for assets. If you leave a field blank, it is not used to filter the asset search and assets with any value for the field are returned. For example if you do not select a Region, assets that match your other criteria and that are associated with any (or no) Region are returned. For the Serial Number, Model, Region, Asset Group fields, you can take advantage of Axeda Smart Suggest.

3.       Click Search.

The search returns shows all assets to which you have access and that correspond to the filter values you specified. If you click the Name of an asset, you will see its Asset dashboard (Axeda® Service application).

Use the table navigation tools to view different pages and information in the table. Use (Refresh link) beside the table navigation tools to refresh the page with the latest Platform results. (Do NOT use your browser's Refresh tools.)