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Inbox

All scanned, ignored and not onboarded assets are shown on the Inbox page.

Each row contains the information about one asset. Use the search bar to search all asset information, independent of the columns shown in the Inbox. A search can therefore match a property that is not displayed as a column.

The search is case-sensitive. It does not search Asset gateway. To search Asset gateway, use the filter in the column.

Customize the Inbox view

User Settings

The following settings persist across sessions per user and tenant. If saving user settings fails after 3 retries, an error is reported as a toast message.

Setting Description
Column order Re-order columns via drag and drop.
Column filtering Filter columns via the column header menu.
Column sorting Sort columns by clicking the column header.

Rearrange columns

Rearrange columns in the Inbox list to the desired position via drag and drop.

Sort and filter the Inbox list

Every column in the Inbox can be filtered. All columns can be sorted except Mac address, IP address, Firmware version and Asset gateway.

Sort and filter a column

  1. Sort a column by clicking on the column header. An arrow marks the sorted column. Click on it to switch between descending or ascending.

  2. Hover over the column header and click the filter icon to open the Filter dialog.

  3. Select a filter option from the drop-down menu.

Ignored assets

When the Ignored assets option is enabled, both ignored and discovered assets are listed in the Inbox. Ignored assets are displayed first and are highlighted in a muted color. By default, Ignored assets is disabled and these assets will not be listed in the Inbox.

Actions in the Inbox

Select assets to perform the following actions: Onboard, Ignore, Restore, and Delete.

Action 'Onboard'

Onboarding moves assets from the Inbox list or Ignored assets to the Asset list.

  1. Select the assets you want to onboard via checkbox.
  2. Click Onboard.
  3. A confirmation dialog appears.
  4. Optionally expand the section to view the selected assets.
  5. Click OK to perform the action.

Action 'Ignore'

Ignore assets from the Inbox page. View and find ignored assets by enabling the Ignored assets option.

  1. Select the assets you want to ignore via checkbox.
  2. Click Ignore.
  3. A confirmation dialog appears.
  4. Optionally expand the section to view the selected assets.
  5. Click OK. The assets disappear from the Inbox and are listed in the Ignored assets.

Action 'Restore'

Restore assets from the Ignored assets into discovered assets in the Inbox.

  1. Enable the Ignored assets option.
  2. Select assets via checkbox.
  3. Click Restore.
  4. A confirmation dialog appears.
  5. Optionally expand the section to view the selected assets.
  6. Click OK. The assets disappear from ignored assets and appear in the Inbox list.

Action 'Delete'

Select assets and click Delete to remove them.

Scan the network via the UI

Scanning requires an onboarded Asset Gateway and at least one Asset link. The Asset links actively discover assets based on the respective protocol. An Asset link (Default IP scanner) is pre-installed with the Asset Gateway to scan all devices in the network. For further information on adding and deploying an Asset Gateway or an additional Asset link, refer to the Setup Industrial Asset Hub page.

Proceeding

  1. Click Scan to open the Scan network dialog.
  2. Onboarded Asset Gateways are listed in the Scan network dialog. To start a network scan, search for the desired Asset Gateway in the drop-down.
  3. All available Asset links are visible when an Asset Gateway is chosen, e.g. SIMATIC Automation Tool is provided as the Asset link within IAH for managing a broad range of SIEMENS Industrial assets. Select Asset links via the checkbox to trigger a separate discovery job for each.
  4. Hover over the info icon to get detailed information about an Asset link.
  5. For Access groups, if the feature is not used, leave the Access group field set to "default". Enter an Access group to use the feature.
  6. Click the Scan button to start scanning.

Note

  • The assignment of assets to an Access group is updated if the Access group is modified in the scan dialog during a re-scan.
  • When a new access group is created, all users in the default Access group with the user_admin role are automatically assigned to it.

Check the status of the scan on the Jobs page, which also provides additional information and actions on Discovery jobs.

  • Edit individual Asset link settings by opening the blind.
  • Configure the scan job through these settings to filter and configure the job results.

Use filters to filter out discovery results.

  1. View the available filters based on the Asset links.

  2. Enter the value of the filter.

A validation error appears if data is entered incorrectly, e.g. if a given IP class C address is typed with just the network part and no host part. Additional information appears on a validation error for guidance.

Scan indicator

After confirming the dialog, the scan is scheduled. A message confirms the scheduling. The scan appears on the Jobs page.

FAQ

What happens if multiple Asset links find the same asset in the shop floor? Are the datasets merged?

  • All the datasets of an asset provided by different Asset links are stored separately and no information of other Asset links is overwritten. However, only the dataset of the first used Asset link is available for the user via API and UI, while the other datasets are marked as duplicates and hidden for the time being. Accordingly, it is recommended to use the Asset link that is assumed to deliver the most comprehensive data at first.

How can I access the datasets of duplicates?

  • At the moment it is only possible to see the data retrieved by the first Asset link applied for a scan. Nevertheless, a user can switch between different available datasets by switching leading view in asset details to see different views of same asset. This can also be done using via Inventory API.

How are assets that are found in the scope of a scan identified as duplicates?

  • Currently, every asset requires at least one unique identifier. Assets without any identifier are rejected and not captured at all. If multiple assets with the same identifier are detected, the first discovered asset is stored as new item while the others are considered as duplicates and hidden.

What happens if I use a different version of an Asset link?

  • In this case the existing dataset of an asset that had been detected with the previous version of that Asset link is updated as before. That applies to duplicates, too, although the associated datasets are still not accessible. For more details about asset properties that are not affected by updates in the scope of a scan see specification of POST request in Inventory API.

Reset list settings

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

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