Bulk Thing creation

The Bulk Thing creation allows you to simultaneously create multiple Things by uploading a CSV file with all the required edits.  Each Thing in the CSV is identified using the Key of the Thing.  To bulk create Things, do the following:

  1. Click on the Bulk thing creation. You need to do one of the following:
    1. On Things Dashboard, click Actions >> Bulk thing creation
    2. If there are no Things currently or if your search does not match any Things, then click Bulk thing creation that appears on the Things Dashboard.

  2. Click Attach File
  3. Select csv File 
    A CSV Sample for creating a generic Things
    key,name,desc,defKey,esn,iccid,imei,imsi,meid,msisdn,tunnelActualHost,tunnelVirtualHost,locEnabled,smsc
generic-thing,Generic Thing,Generic Thing Desc,default,355155081630116,1111145,11111,111111000,310410705599128,5447353221,127.0.0.1,127.0.0.1,true,att
    A CSV Sample for creating LWM2M Things
    key,name,desc,defKey,endpoint,connection,identity,psk,bsIdentity,bsPsk,profileId
lwm2m-thing,LWM2M Thing,LWM2M Thing Description,lwm2m_td,dwManagerClient,bootstrap_dtls,dLJtKwch4oZcdMRX,5aec91ffa,616773797374656d,2fcc91eaa,5aec9fa1fe2a131c077a438f
    A CSV Sample for creating LORA Things
    key,name,defKey,lora.deviceEui,actType,lora.actOtaaAppKey,lora.providerId,lora.provider.actOtaaAppEui,lora.provider.deviceProfileId,lora.provider.connectivityPlanId
alpha-lora,Alpha Lora,lora-device,otaa,30313233343536aa,00001111222233330000111122223333,5d38637efe2a136a28c12679,1122330011223344, LORA/1.0.2a_ETSI_Rx2-SF12,cs/cp-nb-trial

    In addition to the minimum fields required for creating a generic thing, the following two fields must be specified to include Telit module support: inventoryId (alias: moduleInventoryId) or identifiers (alias: moduleIdentifiers)

  4. Click Upload
  5. Click Confirm
    A confirmation message with the number of Things created and not created appears.

The following table provides a list of all fields you will be able to use during bulk create:

Base for all Things LWM2M Specific LoRa Specific Telit module specific
id endpoint deviceEui inventoryId
key identity actType identifiers
name psk actOtaaAppKey  
desc bsIdentity sessionTimeout
defId bsPsk providerType
defKey profileId providerId
esn connection  
iccid  
imei
imsi
meid
msisdn
appId
tunnelActualHost
tunnelVirtualHost
locEnabled
smsc
tags
secTags

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