Creating a Location Model

There are multiple ways in which you can access the Location Model creation screen and create the model. 

All Location operations require necessary permissions. Refer Users and Profiles document for more details

Refer to the Understanding Locations document for more details on Locations.

1. Access the Developer Application.
   
2. Click on the Model tab.
   
3. Click Location in the left pane.
   
   
   
   
4. Click the Add Location Model button in the top right corner. The Add Location form is displayed.
   

  (or)

1. Access the End Application.
   
2. Click on the Setup icon.
   
3. Click on Location Models under MODULES & MODELS.
   
   
   
   
   

4. Click Add Location Model in the top right corner. The Add Location form is displayed.

5. Provide the Location details.

 6. Click Save.

Configuring the Location Templates 

At the end of the Location Model creation, the templates page is displayed. Here you can configure the custom fields,​

datapoints, commands, and alarm rules for the model. As Location is based on Model-Instance relationship design, the templates created for a model will be copied to all the instances created i.e. locations created from the model. 

Refer to the Model - Instance relationship document for more details, and Understanding Locations document for more details.

Editing a Location Model 

1. Access the Developer Application.
   
2. Click on the Model tab.
   
3. Click Location in the left pane. The list of location models is displayed.
   
4. Click on the name of the model you want to edit. The Edit Location Model screen is displayed.
   
5. Modify the necessary details.
   
   
   
   
6. Click Save to save the changes.
   
   

Deleting a Location Model   

1. Access the Developer Application.
   
2. Click on the Model tab.
   
3. Click Location in the left pane. The list of location models is displayed.
   
4. Click on the ellipse next to the name of the location, and click Delete.
   
   
   

(or)

Click on the name to display the information page of the location model.

Click on Actions > Delete.

5. In the Model Delete Validation popup, click Check Dependencies to view if there are any instances created for the model.

6. If there are dependencies, the View Dependencies link is displayed to view the associated instances.

7. If there are no dependencies, the Model has no Dependencies popup is displayed. 

8. Click Delete to delete the model.