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Is there a possibility to add a custom data field in which I can put regular info.
I would like to be able to fill in a text field when scanner is activated first time, just for follow up !!!
With scanner you mean the device itself?
With activation you mean enrollment or something else?
Hi,
indeed, I would like to know when a device (scanner in our case) was taken into service....
This way I can follow up on how long a device is been used
Yeah, maybe my question was not precise enough...
Taken into service (in general) or that day?
So, do you want to know when see device livetime in final or how long it's used per day?
To shorten that back and forth a bit:
If you want to know if a device first time is used you could take the enrollment date but be aware that this will change after a re-enrollment. This means you would need to monitor this with an external tool via API calls.
If you want to monitor the daily usage you could write a script executed every X minutes (task profile). This can do following:
- Read an ini file for "last used" and "first used" data
- If first used is not from today, check if your relevant app is in foreground. When this happens, note down time & date in this ini file for "first use".
- optional: write the difference always also in the ini file for the last day in a seperate "field"
- If this was already written for today, note always a new date/time into "last used"
- the difference between them is your usetime then
You could read those ini files then (if wanted) via CustomData into Soti and then use them there.
You can add one or more custom attributes (with relevant data-type such as text, boolean, number, date, etc.) to record different information related to work flow or device status. Such information should be visible in the device details tab of the web-console.
Also, you can add data-collection rule/policy to gather information of the device (battery level, SSID/RSSI, etc, and possibly custom data defined in .xml/.ini file, all at shortest collection interval of 2 minutes) for subsequent analysis on whether a device has been powered off, off-line, etc.
Hi Raymond,
thanks for the answer.
Thing is that I just want an extra text field which we can fill manually when taking a scanner into production. So I can follow up on how old the scanners are....
And since we are working with external transport, it would also nice to have an extra text field so when giving to a driver we can fill in this with the driver's name...
So for me it's not really a custom data field or data collection rule I would think ?
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Hi Tim,
Thanks for posting on SOTI Pulse, Thanks Rafael and Raymond
for responding to the post, your expertise and willingness to help are greatly appreciated!
To address your inquiry, I recommend that you open a support ticket with the SOTI technical support team
for additional help regarding this issue.