attribute.publish Action

This trigger action will publish and set an attribute for a thing.

Action

This trigger action is found under the Attribute heading.

Canvas

When dragged onto the canvas, the appearance of the action is a rectangle with two routing points.

The left routing point (red) is the failure route. This route will be taken if there is an error during execution.

The right routing point (green) is the success route. This route will be taken if action executes successfully.

Form

Parameters

Name

Type

Required

Descriptions

Thing key

String

Yes

Identifies the thing for which the attribute is to be retrieved. It can be the thing key associated with the trigger event: $(event.thing.key).

Attribute key

String

Yes

Identifies the attribute of the thing the be retrieved.

Value

String

Yes

The value to set to the thing's attribute.

Republish

Bool

 

By default, if the published value is the same as the current value, a new record will not be added. Set to true to force the record of the value to be added. If not set, the default value is false.