Configuration
4.9 Cloud configuration
The code of the formatted user data can contain the following keys depending on the format.
● Time stamp
<PUBLISH_TIMESTAMP>
Time of the publication
– Example for coding the time stamp with added text "sent at ":
● Start of data without or with semicolon as separator
<DATAPOINTS_BEGIN>
Start of a text block that is repeated for sending data. The text block can contain
variables.
"
below).
If you add text rather than variables for data points afterwards, the text is transferred.
– Example for the user data of a topic with four data points:
– Example for transferring data with separator:
Alternative:
● Start of data with separator or special character
<DATAPOINTS_BEGIN SEPARATOR=,\n>
Start of a text block that is repeated for sending data with separator string. The text block
can contain variables.
During the transfer of values or properties of data points, a separator string is added
between each text block to ensure reliable evaluation of the data. In this version, the
character string "comma + line break" is added after each text block but not after the last
block.
"
You declare the "
Line breaks as well as the characters "
after "
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Syntax: "
sent at <PUBLISH_TIMESTAMP>
Results in string: "
sent at 2019-04-20T13:58:16.192313634+00:00
" must be listed before "
<DATAPOINTS_BEGIN>
Syntax: "
<DATAPOINTS_BEGIN>A<DATAPOINTS_END>
Results in: User data string "
Syntax: "
<DATAPOINTS_BEGIN><DATAPOINT_NAME>:<DATAPOINT_VALUE>;<DATAPOINTS_END>
Results in: String with semicolon (;) as separator between the values
With this format, a semicolon is also inserted after the last sent item of data.
" is the separator.
SEPARATOR=
" separator string after the equal sign "
,\n
"
" is the separator.
,
"
" causes a line break.
\n
".
SEPARATOR=
"
<DATAPOINTS_END>
"
"
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" and "
" are not permitted in the separator string
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