Task Overview for Defining the Data Structure Using Analytics Objects

Use analytics objects generated from data messages, or create analytics objects, manually define their field structure, or define their structure by importing a schema definition file.

The following table shows the different tasks that you can perform to define the data structure of your analytics application:

Task Description More Information
Use analytics objects generated from data messages.

Use the analytics objects generated from existing data messages in your device message links.

Use Analytics Objects Generated from Data Messages

Create analytics objects.

Create analytics objects to define the structure of the data read from or written to external sources.

Create Analytics Objects

Add fields to an analytics object.

Manually define the field structure of an analytics object of type object, or import a schema definition file.

Add Fields to an Analytics Object

Use Schemas to Define the Fields of Analytics Objects