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Version: v5.0

Telemetry Config tab

Overview#

The Telemetry Config tab allows you to configure items in the Named Telemetry Collection item class.

Configuring telemetry item#

To configure a telemetry item, do the following:

  1. In the Item Service console, click on the Telemetry Config tab.
  2. If no telemetry item has been set up then you will see the message shown below. Click Set Up Now to begin the telemetry configuration.

  1. You will now be presented with the Basic Info pane, where you can enter information about the telemetry config sich as Name, Short Name, Description, and User Type.

  1. After entering all the Basic Info, in the Config Data pane, you need to set up a normalization script. (This is a script which changes data from one format to another). Click Choose Script.

  2. On the Choose a Normalization Script page, you can search for a script or select one of the scripts listed on screen. When done, click Choose Script in the bottom right of the page.

  1. You will now be presented with the Script Editor page where you can made manual edits to the script if required. When done, click Next.

  2. If you have made changes to the script you will see the Confirm changes to code pop-up. Here you will be asked to either Overwrite the script, Create New Version, or Skip. Choose as appropriate.

  3. The next page is the Add Bindings page. This is where you add any bindings scripts (A bindings script links namedTelemetryCollections, telemetry items, and IoT data.) On this page, you type in your bindings script to set up the telemetry configuration. Use the + Add Bindings button to add multiple bindings. When done, click Save.

  1. You will then be taken back to the main Telemetry Config tab page and you will see a notification message "Telemetry has been successfully created". Any normalization or bindings script will be listed in the Config Data pane.