The Manufacturer can register products by providing the Product Model and the descriptive data (e.g., Serial Number, Properties).
This operation can be done one product at a time, or in bulk through a CSV file. Both options are allowed from the API or from the UI by using the register-things-widget.
The following information must be provided during the product registration:
Product Model: the name of the Product Model associated with the product.
Serial Number: the number used by the manufacturer to identify the product.
Optional information:
Name: the name associated with the product (e.g., Boiler Auriga 100).
Properties: the additional properties (e.g,. properties.size).
This is an example of CSV, which can be used in bulk product registration.
serialNumber,prodcutModelName
BO-123,Boiler Auriga 100This is an example of CSV with additional properties
name,serialNumber,prodcutModelName,properties.power
Auriga 100,BO-123,Boiler Auriga 100,24kwYou can leverage the DPS API to register things; for more details, refer to the Register Things endpoint.
Things and Sub Things
This is an example of a CSV with a composite thing (root thing and sub-thing) registration.
serialNumber,name,productModelName,parentThingSerialNumber,productModelPartName
M-123,M-123,M-ABC,,
M-123_UNIT_1,Unit 1,,M-123,SUB-UNIT
M-123_UNIT_2,Unit 2,,M-123,SUB-UNIT
M-123_MOD_A,Module A,,M-123_UNIT_1,UNIT-MODULE
M-123_MOD_B,Module B,,M-123_UNIT_2,UNIT-MODULE
M-123_MOD_C,Module C,,M-123_UNIT_3,UNIT-MODULETo activate a composite thing, it is sufficient to activate the root thing, and all recursive sub-things are also activated.
In case the Things Inventory Management is still by Thing Definition, instead of the name of the product model, you should provide the thingDefinitionName.
name,serialNumber,thingDefinitionName,properties.power
Auriga 100,BO-123,Boiler Auriga 100,24kw