Admin rule types

A rule type categorizes rules based on event types and the conditions associated with assets and asset types. A rule type can also use durations if the rules are supposed to work for some time.

Add rule type

1. Click Rule Types on the left menu:

2. Click the plus button on the top right of the page.

3. This page appears:

4. Help text appears when you click the question mark icons near certain fields.

5. Click Create when you are done filling out the information.

Field definitions

Value	Definition
Name	The rule’s name
Groups	The rule’s group
Is External?	Triggers events in response to external rules when checked
Include Timeframe?	Allows a user to indicate a time window during which this rule can create events when checked
Event Types	Assign an asset type that was created previously

Entity

Value	Definition
Prefix	Makes the rules created downstream of this rule type user readable
Filter Entity Selection	Select to filter by asset types, assets, area types, or areas
Select [Entity]	Allows filtering options of selected entities. Selecting all of a particular entity is discouraged
Allow Types?	Allows the user to apply rules to any entity of a type
Allow Specific?	Allows the user to apply the rule to one specific entity or all entities
Suffix	A suffix to make the rules created downstream of this rule type user readable

Duration

Mark the Include Duration? box to allow duration in rule creation.

State relationship

Value	Definition
Select Attribute	The attribute’s name
Attribute Label	The attribute appearance’s name
Data Type	Choose among string, number, and boolean. The rest of the fields are based on this choice

String

Value	Definition
Match Label	The true field’s name
No Match Label	The true field’s name
Value	Give the attribute a value to match
Suffix	A suffix to make the rules created downstream of this rule type user readable

Number

Users can input criteria for various relationships.

Assign labels to:

Greater Than (or Equal To)
Less Than (or Equal To)
(Not) Equal To

Then, give it a value (integer) and its units.

Boolean

Value	Definition
True Label	The true field’s name
False Label	The false field’s name
Suffix	A suffix to make the rules created downstream of this rule type user readable

Area relationship

Value	Definition
Inside Label	How the rule is read. If the label is inside, then an example rule might read, “when an asset ‘is inside’ the mall”
Outside Label	Refer to Inside Label

Under the Area section are the same value keys as the Entity section, except it only allows Area and Area Type for entities.

Choose AND or OR to create more conditions. Click Create to save all changes before moving on.

View rule types

1. Click Rule Types on the left menu:

2. Search or filter the rule types you want to view.

3. Here is a rule type example:

4. Click the event type label to go to that particular event type.

5. Click the respective icon on the top right of the page to edit, clone, or delete the rule type: