Adding dimensions

You can add dimensions to your devices in Platform Service or to assets in Analytics Service. Dimensions describe some aspect of the device, for example, the make and model of a device.

Use dimensions to filter your dashboards to focus on specific data or use them as filters when you are building your KPIs.

You can assign dimensions in two ways:

• Add dimensions when you register a device through the Platform Service. However, the dimensions do not flow into Analytics Service.
• Add dimensions on a device basis through Analytics Service.

Assigning dimensions to a device

You can add dimensions from the Set up assets page from the user interface. You can also use the dimensional REST API endpoint to add dimensions. For more information about using the REST API, see Adding dimensions by using an API.

If you are familiar with Python, you can add dimensions through code. For more information, see Adding dimensional data through code.