Labels

Labels enable you to categorize entities such as Things into customer defined tags.

You can group labels to have a fast comprehension of the devices by using different colors. They also allow you to organize and relate the Things hierarchically.

An overview of the labels is shown as first view of the section. For each label the user has to choose a name, description, ID and color.

Create a Label

The Labels panel can be accessed by clicking Labels from the left menu.

  1. Click on New Label.


  2. Name the new Label and complete its description and color. Click Create.
    Figure 1.


    Note: Use the Clear button to reset the fields, if necessary.
    Tip: Use the search bar to search for Labels. You can search for multiple labels at once. For example:
    Figure 2.


  3. After a Label is created, click on the Security tab to create it's MQTT credentials.
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  4. Click Create Credentials.
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  5. Switch Autogenerate to On, or enter your own credentials and click Save.
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Working with Multiple Labels

You can add and delete multiple labels at the same time.

  1. Select the Things that you want to assign the label to and click on Edit.
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    A drop-down menu displays to edit Model or Edit Labels.
  2. Select Edit Labels.
    The following window appears:
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  3. Select whether to add or remove Labels.
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  4. Choose from the Labels drop-down menu which Label(s) to add/delete. You can also create a new Label from here.
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  5. Click Save.
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    The requested action is applied.
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