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Create and Edit Entities

Entities are created from templates and edited in the entity details view.

Workflow

Section titled “Workflow”
  1. Go to Entity Template Selector.
  2. Open a template.
  3. Create a new entity.
  4. Fill attribute values and save.
  5. Open the entity details tabs for deeper work.

Entity Detail Tabs

Section titled “Entity Detail Tabs”
  • Attributes: current values
  • History: change log over time
  • Chart: metric trend visualization

show entity list + open entity details transition.

Update via API

Section titled “Update via API”

Attribute values can also be set programmatically using the REST API — no UI required. This is the recommended approach for automated pipelines, monitoring scripts, and device agents.

See Pushing Data via the REST API for the full endpoint reference, payload format, and backfilling details.