Assets

An Asset represents the thing you actually care about — a generator, an HVAC unit, a utility service, a pump, a facility — independent of the Device that happens to be measuring it. Assets let you organize data by business meaning, not by which Device collects what.

Overview

A single Asset can pull data from multiple Devices and Variables. A single Device can serve multiple Assets. The Asset model is the layer that decouples the physical instrumentation from the operational view.

Typical Asset shapes:

• Physical equipment (generators, HVAC, pumps, motors)
• Utility connections (electrical, water, gas)
• Logical groupings of related equipment
• Spaces (buildings, rooms)
• Infrastructure (panels, distribution systems)

Properties

Field	Type	Notes
Name	string	Required.
Description	string	Optional.
Classification	enum	Optional. Unlocks classification-specific features.
Attributes	key-value	Custom metadata.
Devices / Variables	references	The data sources backing this Asset.
Location	reference	Optional. See Locations.
Parent / children	references	For hierarchical groupings.
Tags	string[]	For flexible filtering.

Creating an Asset

1. Open the Assets section.
2. Click Add Asset.
3. Enter a name and an optional description.
4. Optionally pick a Classification and fill in custom attributes.
5. Attach the Devices and Variables that report on this Asset.
6. Save.

Organizing Assets

Four ways to structure your Asset library:

• Location — assign each Asset to a Location for site-based filtering and map views.
• Hierarchy — parent-child relationships for facility → equipment → component drilldowns.
• Tags — flexible, overlapping groupings (e.g. critical, q4-maintenance, tenant-A).
• Classification — pick an Asset type that unlocks type-specific monitoring widgets and reports.

Monitoring an Asset

Each Asset has its own detail page that surfaces:

• The Variables it's tied to, live and historical.
• An Asset Dashboard (Asset-level view; the default can be set on the parent Location).
• Active Alarms tied to the Asset.
• Reports generated against this Asset.
• A notification log of recent alerts.

Alarms can fire on threshold crossings (numeric Variable above/below a value) or state changes (Boolean Variable flips). They route to email, SMS, or in-app notifications, configured per user.