System structure

Description of Boomerang 3 hierarchies.

Boomerang 3 has two hierarchies:

• Organisation: how you group objects for daily work and permissions.

• Infrastructure: the technical components that deliver readings and alarms.

Organisation

Organisation is the administrative structure. It also drives what you can see, based on your rights.

Hierarchy:

• System Group

• Division

• Group and optional subgroup(s)

Top-level groups are called root groups. They use the green group icon .

Lower-level groups use the blue group icon .

Access to organisation levels depends on your rights. For example, a normal user may only see groups and subgroups.

See also Scope of view.

Infrastructure

Infrastructure is the technical structure. It contains the hardware and software blocks that deliver measurements and dispatch alarms.

Examples include objects, gateways, measuring points, measuring ranges, and relay boxes.

Infrastructure is configured in the Admin menu (administrators only). See the Admin manual.

Objects

Groups and subgroups contain objects. Objects connect organisation and infrastructure.

Object types:

• Regular object : measurement points and control points.

• Transport object : transport points and control points.

• Functional object : control points only.

• Technical object : technical measuring points (battery, radio level).

See Object view.

Points

Objects have points assigned to them. These include measuring, transport, technical, and control points.

See Point types.

How it appears on the Dashboard

Your administrator defines the structures. They reflect your organisation and the naming of measuring and control points.

The system structure is shown in the overview part of the Dashboard.

You only see levels you have access to. An administrator may see system groups. A standard user may only see lower-level groups.

Click the icon of an item to unfold the structure below.

In the example below the S1 system contains 2 divisions, S1D1 and S1D2. The S1D1 division was unfolded, and it contains 2 root groups, S1D1G1 and S1D1G2.

Click the group to unfold it. A group may contain subgroups and objects with their measuring points.

The S1D1G1 group contains S1D1O1 object, for which its first 3 MPs are shown below. The list of objects and sensors in this group is longer and the screenshot presents only the top part.

The S3 system contains 1 division, S3 D1. It contains 1 group, S3D1 G1, which has 2 subgroups, S3D1G1G1 and S3D1G1G2. There is also S3D1O3 object, which has no MPs.