Configuring data in Asset Manager for MindConnect Software Agent¶

After onboarding a MindConnect Software Agent, you need to configure the data in Asset Manager. You have to set up a data connection to receive data from your MindConnect Software Agent.

In order to use the data from your MindConnect Software Agent in Insights Hub you need to map the received data to the Asset Manager data model:

Asset Manager uses the following areas:

• Assets
• Types
• Aspects

To configure the data in Asset Manager, follow these steps:

• Creating an aspect and variables for MindConnect Software Agent

  In this step you create aspects and variables you want to use in Insights Hub.

• Creating a type in Asset Manager for MindConnect Software Agent

  In this step you create an asset type to enable data mapping.

• Adding a data source for MindConnect Software Agent

  The data source defines the reading of the data from the MindConnect Software Agent.

• Mapping an aspect to a data source for MindConnect Software Agent

  In this final step you map the data of the MindConnect Software Agent to the aspects and variables in Insights Hub.