Creating an Application

You define an application in Device Cloud to create an application token and enable software applications to connect to Device Cloud using the application token.

You need organization administrator privileges.

To specify the thing definition for auto-registration, the thing definition must already exist.

To assign a role, the role must already exist.

  1. Click Developer, and then on the Developer page, click Applications.
  2. On the Applications page, click New Application.
  3. In the Name box, type the name of the application to appear on the Management Portal pages.
  4. (Optional) In the Description box, type a description of the application.
  5. (Optional) From the Auto Registration Thing Definition ID menu, select the thing definition to use for automatic registration.

    If you select None, only things that are created from within the portal or previously connected to the portal can connect using this application token.

  6. (Optional) In the Auto Registration Tags and Auto Registration Security Tags boxes, type or select the tags to apply to things when they register with using the application token.
  7. To specify the application permissions, do one of the following:
    • To give the application the organization administration role, select the Org Admin check box.

    • Type the name of one or more roles defined in the organization.

  8. Leave the default value for the License entry.
  9. Click Add.