View and manage assets

The View and manage assets page is the home page for the Axeda® Configuration application. This page shows all assets in the Platform to which you have privileges. If the list of assets is extremely long, you can specify search criteria to filter the list. For example, you can select the name of a particular Model if you want to see only the assets of that Model.

o Associations -- the Manage link, which takes you to the Configure Asset Associations page, where you can add, edit, or remove associations for the selected asset. For background information on associations, refer to Associating assets with one another.

o Language -- The location may also include an associated language. 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.

o Reset Token -- For assets managed by an Axeda® Gateway Agent, this field provides a way for you to reset the token sent by the Axeda Gateway agent. If the token has been removed at the gateway asset, you need to reset the token here so that the Platform accepts a new token created by the asset. For more information about tokens, see Resetting tokens.

Procedures from this page

From this page, you can select to filter the list of assets based on search criteria; view more information for an asset or for a model; and remove assets from the Platform. Click the procedure title to display the procedure; click the title again to hide the procedure:

To filter the list of assets

1. If the Simple filter boxes do not appear above the column headings, click Filters to display them. (When you first start the Configuration application, all standard and advanced filter boxes are shown.)

2. If the table shows a filtered list already, you can view all assets to which you have privileges by clicking Filter (without typing any search values). If the table shows a complete list of the assets to which you have privileges, narrow your search, using the following criteria.

a. In the box above the Name column, type all or part of the name of the asset(s) you want to find. Use the "*" wildcard character (asterisk) to represent the part of the name you do not type.

b. In the box above the Model column, select the model to include in the search. This list shows only the models to which you have privileges.

c. In the box above the Asset Location column, select the location to include in the search.

3. Click Filter.

The Platform finds all assets defined in the Platform that contain the search value(s) defined and shows only those assets in this table.

To narrow your search further

1. With the Simple filter boxes still displayed, click Advanced to show the additional filters. (When you first start the Configuration application, all standard and advanced filter boxes are shown.)

2. Enter the advanced search criteria that you want to use:

a. Type all or part of the Serial Number to include in the search. Use the "*" wildcard character (asterisk) to represent the part of the serial number that you do not type.

b. Type all or part of the Organization name to use in the search. Use the "*" wildcard character (asterisk) to represent the part of the name that you do not type.

c. Select the Asset Group to include in the search. The names of all asset groups to which you have privileges appear in the list. Once you select a name, the name of that group's Parent Asset Group is displayed in the right column. For example, if you select the name of a default model asset group, such as Model XYZ Default Group, the Parent Asset Group field shows the Parent Asset Group for all default model asset groups: Default Model Group.

Note: It is possible for two asset groups of the same name to exist in two different asset group hierarchies in the Platform, so check the Parent Asset Group to ensure that you have the correct asset group.

d. Select the Region to include in the search.

e. Select the System to include in the search.

f. Type all or part of the City to include in the search. Use the "*" wildcard character (asterisk) to represent the part of the city name that you do not type.

g. Type all or part of the State to include in the search. Use the "*" wildcard character (asterisk) to represent the part of the state name that you do not type.

h. To limit the search to Gateways only, select Gateway Only.

i. To limit the search to muted assets only, select Muted.

j. To limit the search to only unregistered assets (assets that have never registered with the Axeda Platform), select Unregistered Only.

3. Click Filter.

To view more information for an asset

Click the asset name shown in the table.

Th Platform locates the information configured for the asset and displays the results in the Asset wizard pages or, for gateway assets, in the Gateway wizard pages. As long as you have the appropriate privileges, you can add or change the information shown for the selected asset.

To view more information for the model

Click the model name shown in the table.

The Platform locates the information defined for this model and shows the results in the Model wizard pages. As long as you have the appropriate privileges, you can add or change the information shown for the selected model.

To remove assets from the Platform

1. Select the check box(es) for the asset(s) you want to remove. To remove all assets shown in this page (not the entire table), select the check box in the table heading.

2. Click Remove Assets. A message appears prompting you to confirm that you want to permanently remove these assets.

3. Click OK. The assets are removed from the table and Platform.

Tips

o The maximum number of rows supported for returning Platform search results for this type of table is defined in your user preferences, Items Per Page setting (Long table or Short table).

o Use $image\icon_refresh.gif$ (Refresh link) beside the table navigation tools to refresh the page with the latest Platform results. (Browser Refresh tools do not update the table.)