Visualizing asset data on a map

This tutorial shows how to visualize assets data on a map assuming there’s no geo location available. The same tutorial can be used to visualize sensors.

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Data

First connect to your datasource and create a query that returns all sensors and related metrics. The query should return something like the following:

ID Name Temperature
1 Freezer A -10.5
2 Freezer B -20.4
3 Microscope 10.2
4 Centrifuge 25.1

If you don’t have a database ready you can upload the following sample .csv file in a file datasource or use hopara pre-built query named tutorial_assets under the sample datasource.

Visualization

From a geo visualization, go to layers:

  1. Click on add new layer,
  2. Select icon as type ,
  3. Name it assets,
  4. In data, select the data source and query created on the previous section,
  5. In appearence, under icon set use name field.
  6. Click on save.

Go to objects:

  1. Click on assets in the left bar,
  2. Drag and drop the sensors to the map.