Manage Factory Assets

Add, edit, and organize your manufacturing hierarchy — create facilities, lines, machine types, and machines, or reorganize your structure as operations evolve.

Add a Facility

Select the top-level company node in the navigation tree.
Select Add Facility.

Fill in the facility details:

Field	Description	Required
Factory Display Name	Human-readable name (e.g., Detroit Plant)	Yes
Factory Name	Unique internal identifier (e.g., detroit)	Yes
Description	Optional description of the facility	No
Street	Street address (e.g., 123 Main St.)	No
City	City name (e.g., Ann Arbor)	No
State	State or province	No
Country	ISO country name	No
Zip Code	Postal code	No
Latitude	GPS latitude	No
Longitude	GPS longitude (required if latitude is provided)	No
Timezone	IANA timezone (e.g., America/Detroit)	No
Production Start Time	Hour and minute when the production day begins	No

Select Create Facility.

💡 Tip: The Factory Name is used as the internal identifier and cannot be changed after creation. Choose a clear, consistent naming convention (e.g., san_jose, detroit).

Add a Line

Select the facility where you want to add a line in the navigation tree.
Select Add Line.

Fill in the line details:

Field	Description	Required
Line Display Name	Human-readable name (e.g., Assembly Line 1)	Yes
Line Name	Unique identifier within the facility (e.g., assembly_1)	Yes
Facility	The facility this line belongs to (select from existing)	Yes
Description	Optional description of the line	No

Select Create Line.

Add a Machine Type

Machine types define categories of similar machines that share the same data schema and analytics configuration.

Select the facility or line where you want to add a machine type.
Select Add Machine Type.

Fill in the machine type details:

Field	Description	Required
Display Name	Human-readable name (e.g., Washer)	Yes
Name	Unique internal identifier (e.g., washer)	Yes

Select Create Machine Type.

📝 Note: Machine types define the data schema for their machines. The analytics and stats configuration for a machine type is provided by the pipeline after deployment — you do not need to configure these in Control Plane.

Add a Machine

Select the facility, line, or machine type where you want to add a machine.
Select Add Machine.

Fill in the machine details:

Field	Description	Required
Machine Display Name	Human-readable name (e.g., Washer 01)	Yes
Machine Name	Unique internal identifier (e.g., washer_01)	Yes
Description	Optional description of the machine	No
Machine Type	The machine type this machine belongs to (select or create)	Yes
Facility	The facility this machine belongs to (select from existing)	Yes
Line	Optionally assign the machine to a line	No

Select Create Machine.

📝 Note: A machine must belong to a facility and a machine type, but assigning it to a line is optional. If your facility does not use a formal line structure, or a machine serves multiple lines, you can leave the line unassigned.

Machine Attributes

You can attach custom metadata to machines using attributes. Attributes are flexible key-value pairs useful for categorizing and grouping machines (e.g., cost center, shift, OEM vendor).

Each attribute has:

Field	Description
Field Name	Internal identifier (e.g., cost_center)
Display Name	Human-readable label (e.g., Cost Center)
Value	The attribute value for this machine

💡 Tip: Machine attributes are also available in the analytics layer, so you can use them to filter and group data across machines.

Edit an Asset

Select the asset (facility, line, machine type, or machine) in the navigation tree.
The Overview panel displays the asset's current properties.
Modify any editable field directly in the detail panel.
Changes save when you navigate away or confirm the edit.

Move or Reassign a Machine

If your production layout changes, you can reassign a machine to a different line, or remove the line assignment entirely.

Select the machine you want to move in the navigation tree.
In the Overview panel, update or clear the line assignment.
The machine and its tags move to the new location in the hierarchy (or appear directly under the facility if no line is assigned).

⚠️ Warning: Moving a machine may affect any pipelines that reference its previous location. Review your pipeline configuration after reorganizing assets.

Delete an Asset

Select the asset you want to remove in the navigation tree.
Select Delete (or the delete icon).
If other assets depend on this one (e.g., a facility with lines and machines under it, or a machine referenced in the tag list), a warning displays showing the dependencies.
Confirm the deletion.

⚠️ Warning: Deleting a facility, line, or machine type also affects all assets nested underneath it. Review the dependency warning carefully before confirming.

📝 Note: When a machine is deleted or renamed, the tag list is automatically revalidated to flag any tags that reference the removed machine.