Asset Lookup


This stage queries the asset metadata of specified devices, including attributes, tags, and timezone information. The functions of this stage include:

  • Looking up asset metadata from the output record of the upstream stage by default.

  • Querying the asset metadata of a specified device and writing the queried data into a record that meets the input conditions.

  • Querying asset metadata by the specified criteria like attributes and tags.

  • Attaching queried results in the /attr/tslAssetLookup field.

Configuration

The configuration tabs for this stage are General, Basic, Input/Output, and Criteria.

General

Name

Required?

Description

Name

Yes

The name of the stage.

Description

No

The description of the stage.

Stage Library

Yes

The streaming operator library to which the stage belongs.

Required Fields

No

The fields that the data records must contain. If the specified fields are not included, the record will be filtered out.

Preconditions

No

The conditions that must be satisfied by the data records. Records that do not meet the conditions will be filtered out. For example, ${record:value('/value') > 0}. For the syntax of EL expressions, see Expression Language.

On Record Error

Yes

The processing method for error data.

  • Discard: Error data will be discarded and ignored

  • Send to Error: Error messages will be reported

  • Stop Pipeline: The pipeline will be stopped

Basic

Name

Required?

Description

Quality Filter

No

Filter the data according to the data quality. Only records that meet the quality conditions will be processed by this stage.

Input/Output

Name

Required?

Description

Input/Output

Yes

The asset metadata that is attached to each record. Specify the input points that hold the asset metadata, and the output points that receive the queried results.

Input Point

Yes

Specify the input point that holds the asset metadata, using the format {modelId}::{pointId}.

Output Point

Yes

Specify the output point that receives the queried results, using the format {modelId}::{pointId}.

Criteria

Name

Required?

Description

Attribute

No

Specify whether to query the asset metadata by the asset attribute keys.

Tag

No

Specify whether to query the asset metadata by the asset tags.

Extra

No

Specify whether to query the asset metadata by other information, such as the OU, modelId, modelIdPath, tslInstanceName, tslInstanceDesc, label, timezone, and extraInfo.

Output Results

The output results of this stage are included in the attr struct. The description of the fields are as follows:

Name

Data Type

Description

/attr/tslAssetLookup

Asset

The asset metadata object.

Asset.attributes

Map

The list of asset attributes.

Asset.tags

Map

The list of asset tags.

Asset.timezone

String

The timezone of the asset.

Output Example

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