Configure
5 min
use the configure unified namespace (uns) page to define and manage the hierarchical structure of your uns this allows you to organize your enterprise's data and assets into a standardized hierarchical format on the configure page, you can define the overall structure of your uns using a simple string add rules to classify incoming data for the first three levels of the hierarchy uns hierarchy configuration the uns hierarchy represents your enterprise as a hierarchy of classes, such as enterprise , site , area , and production unit each level in this hierarchy reflects your physical or data structure, helping to standardize and unify how data flows across the organization for example enterprise/site/area/production unit this hierarchy decouples how data is gathered and consumed lets users access unified data without needing to understand sensor or device level details configure your uns hierarchy before setting up your uns hierarchy, take time to plan your class structure and hierarchy levels the class structure is the foundation of your uns setup and should be validated before you begin if you modify the class structure or hierarchy levels after the initial setup, you must delete the existing connector and create a new one this ensures the updated structure is correctly reflected across all litmus edge components note before configuring your uns, also consider the following changes to rules immediately updates how data is organized changes to the structure resets the rules and data is not longer unified each class name and rule must use letters, numbers, or symbols( , ) the uns structure string cannot exceed 256 characters you cannot apply rules to the fourth level ( production unit ) in the current version to configure uns navigate to unified namespace (uns) > configure page the configure uns tab opens refer to the following configurations uns structure enter your uns structure for example enterprise/site/area/production unit use a forward slash / to separate the levels of your hierarchy click save uns class configurations define class rules for the first three levels enterprise add one rule to classify this level site add up to 10 rules, such as country names (e g , australia, brazil) area add up to 10 rules for finer classification (e g , manufacturing zones) click save rules to apply the structure and rules rules overview class rules help match and organize incoming topics as part of your uns for example, if your site rules include australia , any data tagged with australia will be categorized under that site managing class rules to add a rule, click add new rule under the relevant class to delete a rule, click the red trash icon next to it save your changes by clicking save rules