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Entity

Overview​

The Entity shares the exactly same structure as the Device, but the term "Entity" is used to emphasize its broader semantic meaning, which can encompass a wider range of resources beyond devices.

These Entities can include examples such as apartment, city, hotel, factory, API endpoint, or pratically any thing that needs to store data but is not a Device.

Valeiot-entities

IMPORTANT

The features available in the Device resource also exist in the Entity resource, as they share the same structure. This section refers to the Device documentation for details.

Use Cases​

  • Logical Groupings: Grouping related resources under a single Entity for easier management and monitoring (e.g. Organization, Site, Unit, Hotel, Region).
  • Virtual Resources: Modeling virtual machines, cloud resources, or software components.

Entity Creation​

Creating an Entity follows the same process as creating a Device, check out how the guide here.

Sending Data​

Sending data to an Entity follows the same process as sending data to a Device, check out the guide here.