Import attributes from other Assets schemas

You can select one Assets object schema for data import. Object schemas are often related, and objects from one schema are used as attributes in another schema. Attributes of the linked objects from other schemas will not be available for import by default.

In eazyBI advanced settings for Data Center or eazyBI site settings for Cloud, you can specify which related objects' attributes to import into the eazyBI account as properties.

1. Specify the Asset object type attribute for which to import the attributes from another schema. This object type attribute should be imported as a dimension, and you can get the correct identifier for customfield_NNN by hovering the mouse over the object type attribute name in the import options.
2. Specify the name and data type for any cross-schema attribute you want to import as a property. The supported data types are string, date, integer, decimal, and boolean; for the boolean type, specify how you would like to represent true and false results.

For example, schema ITAS is imported in eazyBI, and the Asset object type has an attribute "Owner" from the PEOPLE schema. The "Owner" is imported as a dimension, and advanced settings specify additional properties (Manager name, Job role, Department, etc.) for this Owner from the schema PEOPLE:

[source_application.assets.customfield_NNN]
assets_object_attributes = [
  {name = "Manager name", data_type = "string"},
  {name = "Job role", data_type = "string"},
  {name = "Department", data_type = "string"},
  {name = "Rate", data_type = "integer"},
  {name = "Start Date", data_type = "date"},
  {name = "External consultant", data_type = "boolean", true = "External", false = "Internal"}
]