Add Value to Health Indicator Nodes in Policy Designer

An Add Value to Health Indicator node represents an action to create a Health Indicator Value record and link it to a Health Indicator record.

When an Add Value to Health Indicator node is executed, a Health Indicator Value record is created with the timestamp and value defined by the policy logic and corresponding instances.

The outputs of an Add Value to Health Indicator node are the Content GUID and Entity KeyThe Entity Key output can be used in subsequent action nodes, such as the Create Relationship node, but will return a value of 0 if used in a calculation or a Return Value node, since the Entity Key is not available until the record is saved at the end of policy execution. of the record that the node creates.

Node Properties

The Properties window for an Add Value to Health Indicator node contains the items that are described in the following table.

Item	Description	Notes
Health Indicator Entity Key section	Specifies the entity key of the Health Indicator record to which the new Health Indicator Value record will be linked.	You must specify a Health Indicator record without a source. If an appropriate Health Indicator record does not yet exist, you can specify a Health Indicator node and then create the record via the Instances pane.
Timestamp section	Specifies the value that will populate the Timestamp field in the new Health Indicator Value record.	You can select to specify the output of a predecessor node in this section. The value in this section must be a timestamp.
Value (Numeric) section	Specifies the value that will populate the Value (Numeric) field in the new Health Indicator Value record.	You can select to specify the output of a predecessor node in this section. The value in this section must be numeric.

Item

Description

Notes

Health Indicator Entity Key section

Specifies the entity key of the Health Indicator record to which the new Health Indicator Value record will be linked.

You must specify a Health Indicator record without a source.

If an appropriate Health Indicator record does not yet exist, you can specify a Health Indicator node and then create the record via the Instances pane.

Timestamp section

Specifies the value that will populate the Timestamp field in the new Health Indicator Value record.

You can select to specify the output of a predecessor node in this section.

The value in this section must be a timestamp.

Value (Numeric) section

Specifies the value that will populate the Value (Numeric) field in the new Health Indicator Value record.

You can select to specify the output of a predecessor node in this section.

The value in this section must be numeric.

Hint: Click here to see an example policy in which an Add Value to Health Indicator node is used to create health indicator readings that represent the overall health of an asset.