Overview

You can synchronize attributes of the model with Insights Hub. All entities and attributes are created automatically in Insights Hub and the real-time data of the time series data is synchronized. Find more information on the use of asynchronous Insights Hub APIs here:

Consider the following aspects about synchronization from IIH Essentials to Insights Hub:

For every entity of type anchor.asset-base (or inherited children) an asset with its own asset type is created in Insights Hub.
For every entity of type anchor.aspect-base an aspect type is created in Insights Hub and added as an aspect to its according asset-type.
For every attribute a dynamic variable is created and added to its according aspect type in Insights Hub.
Attributes with the data type composition or aggregation are not created in Insights Hub, as there is no according object, but their aspect value is created as aspect type (see entity of type anchor.aspect-base)
If no attribute has been linked with an entity in the hierarchy, no asset or according types are created in Insights Hub.
If an attribute has been linked directly with an entity of type anchor.asset-base, an implicit aspect type is created in Insights Hub.
If an entity has a child entity, but no attribute, an empty asset type and asset is created in Insights Hub.
An entity of type anchor.aspect-base which is a child of an entity of type anchor.aspect-base cannot be synced to Insights Hub as this hierarchy is not possible in Insights Hub.
An entity of type anchor.asset-base which is connected via composition is not synced to Insights Hub.

Possible hierarchy

This tables shows different hierarchy structures and if they are able to sync with Insights Hub:

Top element	Link to parent	Subelement (with attribute)	Link to parent	Allowed in IIH	Sync with Insights Hub
Asset	Relation
		Asset	Relation	Yes	Yes
		Asset	Composition	Yes	No
		Aspect	Relation/Composition	Yes	Yes
		Asset/Aspect	Aggregation	Yes	Yes *
Asset	Composition
		Asset/Aspect	Relation	No
		Asset/Aspect	Composition	Yes	No
		Asset/Aspect	Aggregation	Yes	Yes *
Aspect	Relation
		Asset	Relation/Composition	No
		Aspect	Relation/Composition	Yes	No
		Asset/Aspect	Aggregation	Yes	Yes *
Aspect	Composition
		Asset	Relation/Composition	No
		Aspect	Relation	No
		Aspect	Composition	Yes	No
		Asset/Aspect	Aggregation	Yes	Yes *

*: The subelement will be synced via the Relation/Composition hierarchy.

Firewall settings

The firewall must be opened for two ports

443 – Standard HTTPS port for communication with the Insights Hub REST interface
8883 – MQTT port of Insights Hub