Sharing a Thing

The Sharing tab appears, if a thing is shared with other organizations. 

Cache Delay

 Attributes and Properties are based on the Thing definitions. The Thing definitions is cached and there is a delay until the shared Thing gets updated with the latest changes to the Thing definitions.

To share a Things with other organization, do the following:

  1. While Viewing a Thing, click Actions menu
  2. Click Sharing

    The Share screen appears
  3. Enter the Org Key

  4. From the Permissions drop-down, select Read and Write or Read only access
    Read and Write
    - allows to read and modify the Thing.
    Read only - allows to read the Thing.

The Thing Definition gets unshared:

  • When all the Things associated with a Thing definition gets unshared.
  • When you delete all the things associated with a Thing Definition.
Thing Sharing Tab

The Sharing tab appears if a thing is shared to or from a different Org.

  1. Status - Click Status to show the list of shared Orgs
  2. History - Click History to show the Thing's History of Sharing/Unsharing logs.  
  3. Share - Click Share to share it with other Orgs. This button appears only when you have Read and Write permission
When you share access to a Thing, the Thing definitions is also shared but cannot be modified by any of the organizations with which you share the Thing.

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