Meta Data

Meta data in Tricloud Nexus allows you to enrich every part of your asset hierarchy with valuable context. Meta data properties can be added to any node - Areas, Assets, or even individual Tags - to describe your environment in detail, enable smarter analytics, and support integration with external systems.

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Why use Meta Data?

Adding meta data helps you:

• Capture important details that go beyond names and hierarchy - such as equipment type, location, vendor, maintenance dates, asset owner, and more.

• Improve search, reporting, and filtering across your digital twin.

• Enable advanced analytics and automated processes by making contextual information available everywhere in the platform. For instance by adding Unit of Measure to your Tags, you gretly help any future stakeholder understand the measurements.

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Where can Meta Data be applied?

You can add custom meta data properties to:

• Any Node: Root, Area, or Asset nodes can all have meta data.

• Tags: Each Tag (measurement point or control signal) can have its own set of meta data for even more granular detail.

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How to Add Meta Data

1. Select the Node or Tag where you want to add meta data in the asset hierarchy tree.

2. Go to the Info tab (Area Info, Asset Info), for Tags you must select the Store tab.

3. Find the Meta Data section (usually a panel in the right side of the screen).

4. Click Add Property, enter a property name and value, then save.

Adding Meta data to an Area, in this example the physical address of the Site

You can add as many properties as needed to fully describe each element of your hierarchy.

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Accessing Meta Data

Once your hierarchy is deployed, all meta data properties are automatically synchronized to the time series database. This means:

• Meta data is always available for analysis, visualization, and queries - whether you’re troubleshooting, building dashboards, or integrating with other platforms.

• You can query meta data directly. See the Intermediate Queries section for detailed instructions on accessing meta data in your database or reporting tools.

• Meta data properties are available to match the version of the hierarchy that is deployed. This means that all metadata revisions are availble in the database.

Meta data only become available in the time series database after a successfull deployment.

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Best Practices

• Use consistent property names and formats for easy filtering and reporting.

• Add meta data for anything important to your operations - think about what you wish you could search for later!

• Review and update meta data as your environment evolves to keep your digital twin accurate and useful.