Available only through Axeda® Platform Web Services, an extended object is like a "virtual row" in the "virtual table" in the Platform database. Examples could include ID, job type (for MFP assets), Quality Control jobs (for IVD assets), operator schedules, and so forth. Each extended object is an instance of an associated extended object type (ExtObjectType). (Some internal, base-Platform objects can be extended and those objects provide their own, predefined class objects that can be extended.
Extended objects have associated properties. Properties are name/value pairs associated with your Platform's base or custom extended objects. Properties provide unique information about the object. For example, a "Job Type" extended object may provide properties for technician, number of job runs, number of failures, number of successes, last run time, and so forth.
The Properties and objects service provides operations for creating, finding, updating, and deleting extended objects and extended object types, and properties and property types. The operations provided with this service enable you to manage custom extended objects your organization may implement to dynamically extend the schema provided with the base Axeda Platform system.
For more information about using extended objects, refer to the Axeda® Platform Web Services Developer's Reference Guide.
For information about security for these objects, refer to Security for Objects in Axeda® Connected Product Management Applications and for information about security for these objects when Delegated Administration is enabled, refer to Security for Objects in Delegated Administration Units.
In a Platform with Delegated Administration enabled, the names of extended objects may have prefixes; for details, refer to Names of Objects in DA Units.