Deploying Analytics Templates and Data Maps

Use Edge Manager to deploy analytics templates and data maps to devices.

About this task

Before you can deploy data maps and analytics templates, you must first upload the following types of packages to the Edge Manager repository.

Procedure

  1. In the left navigation pane, select Device Manager > Devices.
  2. Select the devices to which to deploy the analytics template or data map.
  3. To deploy a data map, follow these steps:
    1. Select Device Operations > Deploy Data Map.
    2. In Select Analytic Data Map, select the data map to deploy, then click Schedule.
  4. To deploy the analytics template, follow these steps.
    1. Select Device Operations > Deploy Template.
    2. In the Select Analytic Template dialog box, select the templates to deploy, then click Schedule.
  5. In the Schedule Software Deployment dialog, select the date and time for deployment to the device.
    Note: You can set the time zone timestamp formatting (UTC or local) in the Settings page.
    1. In Timeout, set the timeout for each operation in weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds, per device.
      Note: When the operation is not scheduled, the timeout starts from the moment you create the task. When the operation is scheduled, the timeout is the scheduled time plus the timeout time you set.
    2. (Optional) In the Retries field, enter a number for how many times to retry the deployment in case of failure (including if the deployment times out).
    3. (Optional) Select the Force BOM installation box if there is already a package with the same name and version installed on the device and you want to overwrite it.
    4. Click Submit.
    The Deployment Status dialog appears.
  6. In the Deployment Status dialog box, click Close.