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:
- While Viewing a Thing, click Actions menu
- Click Sharing
The Share screen appears - Enter the Org Key
- 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.
- Status - Click Status to show the list of shared Orgs
- History - Click History to show the Thing's History of Sharing/Unsharing logs.
- 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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