Asset list

The central overview and navigation element of IAH is the Asset list, where all onboarded assets can be managed.

1 Every row contains the information about one asset. Asset details can be shown by clicking the three dots.

2 Asset list actions.

3 Open the List settings.

4 Search for the occurrence of arbitrary strings in all cells of the Asset list.

Figure: Asset list with selected asset

List settings

Asset list columns can be shown or hidden in the List settings dialog or additional columns can be created via Add custom property.

Show or hide columns

In the List settings you can choose which columns you want to show or hide by selecting or deselecting. The default sorting of the columns is equivalent to a typical user workflow. After a rearrange of the shown columns in the list the sorting of the columns is equivalent to this order.

Custom property

A custom property allows you to add additional columns to the Asset list.

Add custom property

The custom property column will be displayed in the Asset list where the user can add or edit the Custom property value for each asset.

1. Click on List settings.
2. Click on Add custom property to open the input field.
3. Enter the name of the custom property.
4. Click Save. The added custom property will be visible in the list of columns in Asset list settings dialog. By default, the custom property column is set to visible.
5. Click OK to close the dialog.

Note: Custom properties are not enforced to be unique.

Edit or delete a custom property

1. Open the List settings.
2. Click on the three dots on the right of a custom property.
3. Select Edit or Delete and follow the instructions.
4. Click OK to close the dialog.

Reset to default

The Asset list User settings can be Reset to default which resets the column selection, column order, applied filters, sorting and grouping.

Note: In case, a custom property was added, edited or deleted, the Reset to default option is disabled. Close and re-open the List settings to perform this action.

To reset settings for all lists (Asset list and Inbox), navigate to Reset list settings instead.

Customize the Asset list view

User settings

The following settings will be saved across sessions, thus once you close the IAH and/or browser, the next time you will use IAH again, the settings are retained per user and tenant. If saving of user settings fails, after retrying 3 times, an error will be reported via toast message.

Rearrange columns

Columns can be easily rearranged in the list to the desired position via drag and drop.

Sort and filter the Asset list

Every column in the Asset list can be sorted and filtered.

Sort and filter a column

1. Sort a column by clicking on the column title. The column is marked with an arrow. Click on it to switch between descending or ascending.

   
   Figure: Sorted Asset name column with filter dialog
   
   

2. Open the Filter dialog.

3. The drop down menu on the filter dialog shows available filter options.

Group the Asset list

The Asset list can be grouped by the content of a column. Actions such as viewing asset details, onboarding/offboarding and so on can still be performed when grouped.

Grouping the Asset list

1. Open the Filter dialog in the column you want to group the list by.

2. Click on the Grouping tab.

3. Click on Group.

   
   Figure: Group tab selected in filter dialog
   
   

Ungroup the Asset list

1. See what the Asset list is grouped by and dismiss the grouping by clicking the X within the pill.

2. Click on the Arrow to collapse or unfold the contents of the grouped list.

   
   Figure: Asset list after grouping of column Vendor
   

Add additional information to an asset

Labels

In the column Labels user-specific attributes can be assigned to an asset.

1. Hover in the Labels column over the desired row. The Edit symbol appears. Click on it to open the Labels dialog.

   
   Figure: Open Labels dialog
   
   

2. Insert a label or add more labels by pressing Space.

3. Save the changes by pressing Enter or OK.

Custom property value

In the column added as custom property user-specific value can be assigned to an asset.

1. Double-click inside the custom property column in the desired row. The custom property value enters the edit mode.

2. Enter a value.

3. Save the changes by leaving the edited cell by e.g. pressing Enter or clicking in another cell.

Access group column

Access groups structure your assets or restrict access to certain assets for certain users.

In the List settings of the Asset list, enable the Access group column to see the Access group entries for each asset.

If the Access group feature is not used, leave the Access group column entries untouched. All assets are automatically assigned to the default Access group.

If Access groups are used, assigning users to Access groups can only be done by IAH administrator users. The Access group of an asset can be changed by renaming it.

Note: If renaming creates a new Access group, the asset will disappear until the user is assigned to the new Access group.

For further information, refer to Access management page.

Asset responsible column

The user onboarding an asset automatically becomes the asset responsible. It is displayed using the assigned e-mail address as a separate column.

In case of a non-human user, the phrase Server user and the corresponding user id are displayed.

Asset details

Detailed information about any asset can be found in the Asset details.

1. Click on the three dots on the far left of a row and click View details.

2. Click the three dots of a different asset opens its Asset details and close the previous one in the process.

   
   Figure: Asset details of the selected asset
   
   

Remote connection

A remote connection can be established with assets to view and manage them via its web server.

Preconditions:

• Admin or Supervisor role
• Member of the Access group of the remote connection's asset
• Device has a valid IP address and is associated with a gateway ID

For further information, refer to Access management page.

Establish a remote connection

For establishing a remote connection to an asset:

1. Click on the three dots on the far left of the row and click on Establish remote connection.

   
   Figure: Selection of Establish remote connection
   
   

2. Provide a port on which the asset web server is hosted. The default port used is 80. Click Connect to initiate the remote connection.

   
   Figure: Remote connection dialog set web server port
   
   

3. When the remote connection process is initiated, click on Remote connections to access the connected asset web server or to disconnect the remote connection.

Information on the status of the remote connections can be found on the Remote connection jobs page. This page provides also additional information to the remote connections.

Notes:

• For the remote connection to be usable, the asset must expose its web server via http or https on a specific port.
• 'Establish remote connection' button will be disabled for the assets that do not have any Asset Gateway associated with them. A remote connection to an Asset Gateway itself is currently not possible.

Remote connections

Open the web server of an established remote connection or disconnect a session.

1. Click on Remote connections.

   
   Figure: Remote connections
   
   

2. A dialog appears, which shows all the remote connections initiated or established.

3. Once the connection has been established, the Open link to the session is shown on the dialog. The session is valid for a maximum of 12 hours after which it is automatically terminated.

   
   Figure: Remote connections dialog
   
   

4. Click Open to access the web server of the connected asset. This will open the web server page in a new tab.

5. Click Disconnect for disconnecting an active remote connection.

Notes:

• If the remote connection is inactive for 1 hour, the current credentials are invalidated and the error displayed will be 404. When this occurs, the user has to reconnect to renew the connection session. To reestablish the session, the user needs to open the remote connection url once again from the list of remote connections. There is no need to disconnect & reconnect the session.
• Accessing multiple remote connection web servers within a single browser is supported.
• The remote connection web server supports a maximum file size of 150 MB for downloading or uploading files.

Remote connections with Access groups

• All users within the same tenant can view all remote connections for that tenant, but only users who have access to the asset's Access group can perform operations on those connections.
• If the Access group of an asset with an active remote connection is changed, only users in the new Access group will be able to perform operations on that connection.

Actions in the Asset list

Actions can be started for each asset by selection. The actions are Offboard, Delete or Add assets.

Action 'Offboard'

Discovered and manually added assets can be offboarded. The offboard moves the assets to the Inbox.

1. Select the asset(s) you want to offboard via checkbox.

2. Click Offboard.

   Figure: Action Offboard asset
   
   

3. A dialog appears in order to confirm the offboard assets action.

4. Optionally expand the blind, to view the selected assets.
5. Click OK to offboard the assets.

Action 'Delete'

Asset(s) can be removed after selection using the Delete button.

Note: Assets that have been selected, will be shown within the confirm dialog. There will be no changes applied to the physical edge assets in the factory.

Action 'Add' asset

Assets that could not be discovered via the Inbox scan can be added manually.

1. Click to open the Add asset dialog.
2. Fill out the mandatory fields.
3. For Access groups, if the feature is not used, leave the input field blank. The asset is automatically assigned to the default Access group. Enter an Access group to use the feature. If a new Access group name is entered, the asset will disappear until the user is assigned to the new Access group by the administrator.
4. Click Add to save the new asset and to close the dialog.

Note: Duplicate MAC addresses are not allowed.

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