Provider Connector Configuration for Wi-Fi data
Configure the Provider Connector Configurations table for setting up Wi-Fi data in workplace locations.
Before you begin
Role required: admin
Procedure
- Navigate to All > Workplace Connectors > Provider Connector Configuration.
- Select New.
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On the form, fill in the fields.
Table 1. Provider Connector Configuration form Field Description Provider Name of the Wi-Fi data provider (for example, Genetec). Source Type Option to specify the endpoint using which Workplace Connectors retrieves data from Genetec or other Wi-Fi data providers. For example, select RestApi-pull.
Active Option to select active provider connector configuration data. Only active records from the Provider Connector Configuration table are added or updated in the Provider Space Mapping table. By default, this value is set to false. Set this value to true.
Connector Configuration Option to select required sensor items from the Connector Configuration table. For example, Wifi. Auto-refresh locations Option to auto-refresh locations when spaces are added or when some spaces are removed from a selected location. The scheduled Job Refresh Provider Space Mapping records runs daily and reads the Auto Refresh Location field in the Provider Connector Configuration table. It reads all records in the Provider Connector Configuration records and updates the Provider Space Mapping table with the latest data. For example, if a new floor or a space is added to a location, then they're automatically added to a selected location.
Run frequency Day and time frequency to import data from the workplace system. For example: 5 minutes. The process provider data record picks the records from the wifi data table and populates the Employee Attendance table based on the run frequency.
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Filter spaces using the Space Filter Condition.
Select Preview to see the results that your filter condition query returns. Select the link to view the matched space records in Workplace Connectors.
For example, select Space from the list. Select the filter condition as [is] and manually enter the spaces A1.001, A1.002, A1.003.
When a row is created or updated in the space filter conditions, the space records that meet the condition are loaded in the Provider Space Mapping table. A business rule runs in the background to fill the selected space records in the Provider Space Mappings table.
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Select Submit.
When records are updated in the Provider Connector Configuration table, the selected spaces or location records are updated in the Provider Space Mapping table. The location records are updated with the location hierarchy (Region, Campus, Building, floor, and space records).