V2/Concepts/Preparing for User Creation

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What is needed to create a User

Note: Mandatory information are marked with an ‘*’.

This section helps you to prepare information you need to create a User.

Pre-requisites

If this is your first time creating a User, please read this guide first.

A User requires a Role to be assigned to it, and the User can also be assigned to an Access group. Please read this guide to learn about Roles and how to create a Role. You should also be familiar with the basic Access groups and how to create an Access group.

General Information

Name*
Name given to the Expression.
Type*
Decides how often the Expression is evaluated, whether it's immediate or on polling.

Expression Editor

You should

  • Know what Event the Expression should detect.
  • Know what you would like Senfi to do (Action) when the Event is detected
  • Create the Event
  • Have already created the Assets, Measurement & Metrics to be used as Input in the Expression.
  • Know the thresholds or values which indicates occurrence of event.
  • Be able to send records to Input measurement & metric.
  • (Optional) Be able to send simulated records to Input measurement & metric (to simulate occurrence of event or situation)
  • Understand the different kinds of Node Types and their uses in the Expression Editor.

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