UNS Management

What is a UNS?

The Unified Namespace (UNS) is the cornerstone of Nodum’s architecture. It acts as a Single Source of Truth, centralizing and organizing all data, events, and objects from your industrial systems into a single logical hierarchy. This standardized structure allows different devices, applications, and services to share information in an accessible way, eliminating information silos and facilitating interoperability.

In Nodum, the UNS is used to visualize, manage, and structure all industrial data, allowing users to create a digital representation of their plant, lines, devices, and communication topics. It is fundamental for integration with protocols like MQTT, as each object and folder within the UNS has its own identifier and metadata, facilitating real-time data publication and subscription.

What is it for and how is it used?

The UNS management screen in Nodum is a visual and intuitive tool that allows you to build and maintain your unified namespace. Its main capabilities are:

• Visualize the complete structure of the UNS, including folders, nodes, devices, and topics.
• Easily create new folders and objects with a right-click on the structure.
• Drag elements from the Enterprise UNS to add them to your custom UNS.
• Modify the name of any object or folder directly from the interface.
• Easily delete objects or folders, keeping the structure up-to-date.
• View the metadata of each object, including its UNS identifier, which allows for direct integrations with systems like MQTT and facilitates the visualization and analysis of industrial data.

UNS management in Nodum is intuitive and flexible, allowing users to build and modify the data hierarchy according to their operational and integration needs.

Main Functionality

• Visual and hierarchical navigation of the UNS.
• Structure Management: Creation, name editing, and deletion of folders and objects.
• Drag and drop elements from the Enterprise UNS to build the custom UNS.
• Data Inspection: Visualization of metadata and the unique identifier (UNS path) of each object, crucial for integration with external systems like MQTT.
• Real-time monitoring of events and messages associated with each object.

Availability by version

• ENTERPRISE: All features enabled.
• CLOUD: Read-only access for viewing and monitoring the UNS of connected EDGE devices.
• EDGE: No access.

User flow diagram

flowchart TD
    A[Access UNS] --> B[View current structure]
    B --> C{Create new object/folder?}
    C -- Yes --> D[Right-click to create]
    D --> B
    C -- No --> E{Modify name?}
    E -- Yes --> F[Edit name from interface]
    F --> B
    E -- No --> G{Delete object/folder?}
    G -- Yes --> H[Select and delete]
    H --> B
    G -- No --> I{Drag from Enterprise UNS?}
    I -- Yes --> J[Drag and drop to add]
    J --> B
    I -- No --> K{View metadata?}
    K -- Yes --> L[View metadata and specific UNS]
    L --> B
    K -- No --> M[Monitor events and messages]
    M --> B