Default attributes

The default attribute is an attribute that is most representative of the element. For example, if a user were to reference a tank, Level might be the single best attribute to use. For an electrical meter, the best attribute to use could be Voltage. The attribute must be at the top level of the attribute hierarchy of the element.

Notifications and asset analytics can take advantage of the default attribute to simplify some tasks. For example, if you were to create a comparison between two electrical meters, and had not specified which attributes to compare, the comparison would be performed using the Voltage attribute of the meters because you had made Voltage the default attribute.