Create a Thing to Define Your Device

AnythingDB is a specialized, flexible, secure database to help you create a Model of the world and then display it in your application. In-depth information on AnythingDB can be found in the Online Help.

Things represent the entities in your world, for example your ESP8266 module. You can create a Thing using diverse methods, as highlighted in the image below. You can get more information in the Online Help. For this training we will create a Thing from scratch.

  1. To add a Thing, click AnythingDB > Things and click + New Thing .


    A new window opens, labeled New Thing.
    Figure 1.


  2. In the dialog, enter the Thing name as NodeMCU and add a description.
  3. Click Create.
    The NodeMCU Thing will be added in the Things tab of AnythingDB.