Thing Types

Configure the metadata and logic for each different kind of IoT Thing

Thing Types allow you to configure “no-code” metadata to control the data model, frequency, and business logic of the IoT Cloud and Edge Gateway processing, all from within Salesforce.

Thing-Type Configuration

Organizing your Thing-Types is crucial for unlocking the full potential of the Bolt Data Connect App. Each Thing is assigned a Thing-Type and it’s this Thing-Type that determines what calculations are performed on your Thing’s data and what Alerts get propagated to Salesforce.

Each Thing-Type defines all interesting Sensors, Calculations and Alert Conditions for a Thing of that type. It also defines how data is aggregated in the IoT Cloud. The IoT Rules Engine performs all Aggregations, Calculations, and Alert Conditions at the Edge, reducing the load on the IoT Cloud infrastructure, and saving you money.

Digital Twin Roles allow you to define relationships between Thing Types. This gives you the ability to create calculations and alerts based off of related Thing values as well.
Sensors allow you to define how each field in your Thing’s data is aggregated, what data type to assume for it and whether or not to send or save that data to the cloud.
ML Inferences allow you to add the result of executing an ML Model with a set of input values from IoT Sensors.
Calculated Fields allow you to enrich a Thing’s data prior to entering the Cloud. Calculations can use any Sensors or other Calculations within the scope of a Thing. For example, Calculations can allow you to derive a state based on Sensor data, then use that state to drive an Alert.
Alert Conditions allow Things to communicate with Salesforce. They are the catalysts that drive your Processes and State changes in Salesforce. You have full control over what constitutes an Alert and how often to rebroadcast that Alert when the state hasn’t changed after a specified time. Alerts can use any Sensors or Calculations within the scope of a Thing.

Thing Types

Thing-Type Configuration

Thing Type Editing

Thing Type Export

Thing Type Synchronizing