Consolidate data fields

Data items included in a data view may have slight differences in property naming, despite those properties representing the same logical thing. For example: data from one equipment manufacturer reports "Temperature", while another reports "AmbientTemperature" instead.

Data views can overcome property naming differences by consolidating these similar properties into a single data field. This applies to stream properties referenced by id (FieldSource.PropertyId) or by name (FieldSource.PropertyName), and to stream metadata keys (FieldSource.Metadata). For those cases, adding multiple match values to the field's Keys collection will allow alternate keys to match. See Consolidate data fields in the Define a data view topic for details.

Asset properties can also be consolidated. Asset metadata (FieldSource.Metadata) and property ids (FieldSource.PropertyId) can be consolidated using the Keys collection. Asset stream reference names can be consolidated using the StreamReferenceNames collection.