Updating assets

You can use the AWS IoT SiteWise console or API to update an asset's name.

When you update an asset, the asset's status is UPDATING until the changes propagate. For more information, see Asset and model states.

Updating an asset (console)

You can use the AWS IoT SiteWise console to update asset details.

To update an asset (console)

1. Navigate to the AWS IoT SiteWise console.

2. In the navigation pane, choose Assets.

3. Choose the asset to update.

   Tip

   You can choose the arrow icon to expand an asset hierarchy to find your asset.

4. Choose Edit.

5. Update the asset's Name.

6. (Optional) On this page, update other information for the asset. For more information, see the following:

   • Mapping industrial data streams to asset properties

   • Updating attribute values

   • Interacting with other AWS services

7. Choose Save.

Updating an asset (AWS CLI)

You can use the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) to update an asset's name.

Use the UpdateAsset operation to update an asset. Specify the following parameters:

• assetId – The ID of the asset. This is the actual ID in UUID format, or the externalId:myExternalId if it has one. For more information, see Referencing objects with external IDs in the AWS IoT SiteWise User Guide.

• assetName – The asset's new name.

To update an asset's name (AWS CLI)

• Run the following command to update an asset's name. Replace asset-id with the ID or external ID of the asset. Update the asset-name with the new name for the asset.

  aws iotsitewise update-asset \
    --asset-id asset-id \
    --asset-name asset-name