Create an asset mapping file

An asset mapping file is a comma separated value file with a .CSV file extension that can be created with Excel, Notepad, or other text editors.

An asset mapping file contains a list of AVEVA assets that represent physical objects like a pump or a valve in your production environment that are monitored and managed by a running ViewApp. Each listed asset includes the controller that manages data from the asset and an asset identifier of data collected from the asset.

An asset mapping file enables you to map an AVEVA asset name to a PLC tag name in a specific controller. For example, you have an asset Pump001 and your PLC environment contains multiple controllers with the tag PMP001. You can add a map for Pump001 that searches controller PLC01 for the tag PMP001 using the following line in the mapping csv:

Pump001,PLC01,PMP001

After you create an asset mapping file, you need to place the file in a folder location that is accessible to the computer hosting the System Platform IDE. You specify the asset mapping file while configuring the data sources for the PLCViewerApp described in Configure PLC data sources.