Custom Properties

It's possible to "attach" a common table to one or more contexts in the form of a Custom Property. This method allows Iotellect administrators to add new properties to different system objects and later refer to these properties from all parts of the system. For example, it's possible to extend all devices with a Location property containing the building, floor, and room number where this piece of hardware is physically located. After that, it will be very easy to view locations of all equipment using a query, or make a report.

For this use, only format of common table is shared between different contexts, while each of them has its own data (custom property value).

Related tutorial: Adding Custom Properties

Custom property will be added only into contexts that are accessible for the common table owner according to his permissions.

To be able to read this property, the user must have an effective permission level of Observer in two contexts:

  • Common table context of the common table that serves as the base for this custom property
  • The context to that the property is added

To be able to write this property, the user must have an effective permission level of Manager in the same contexts.

Edit Custom Properties Action

The Configure action called Edit Custom Properties is used to edit values of custom properties of a context. It's added to a context when it has at least one custom property.

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