system.mes.equipment.saveEquipmentProperty

Description

Creates or updates an Equipment Properties record in the system based on the provided parameters.

Permissions

This method requires the EQUIPMENT.WRITE.SAVE permission.

Syntax

system.mes.equipment.saveEquipmentProperty(**propertyData)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Nullable	Description
name	String	False	The name of the equipment property.
description	String	True	A description of the equipment property.
dataType	String	False	The data type of the property (e.g., String, Boolean, Int8, Float8, DateTime, ByteArray). Default value is String.
lowLimit	Double	True	The minimum allowed value. Only applicable for numeric data types.
highLimit	Double	True	The maximum allowed value. Only applicable for numeric data types.
format	String	True	An optional format string for display.
unitOfMeasureId	String (ULID)	True	The ULID of the unit of measure for this property.
unitOfMeasureName	String	True	The name of the unit of measure. For display purposes only.
unitOfMeasureSymbol	String	True	The symbol of the unit of measure. For display purposes only.
options	List<String>	True	A list of allowed values for the property.
nullable	Boolean	True	Whether the property value can be null. Default value is false.
defaultValue	Mixed	True	The default value for the property. The type depends on the configured dataType.
id	String (ULID)	True	The ULID of the equipment property. Used when updating an existing property.
notes	String	True	Notes related to the equipment property.
enabled	Boolean	True	Indicates if the equipment property is active. Default value is true.
spare1	String	True	Additional field for user-defined context.
spare2	String	True	Additional field for user-defined context.
spare3	String	True	Additional field for user-defined context.

Returns

Returns a JSON representation of the saved equipment property.

Code Examples

newProperty = system.mes.equipment.newEquipmentProperty()
newProperty['name'] = 'MaxFlowRate'
newProperty['description'] = 'Maximum flow rate in liters per minute.'
newProperty['dataType'] = 'Float8'
newProperty['lowLimit'] = 0.0
newProperty['highLimit'] = 500.0
savedProperty = system.mes.equipment.saveEquipmentProperty(**newProperty)
print(savedProperty)