Nameplate

Nameplate

The Nameplate holds your product's identity — its name, codes and basic details, like the rating plate on a physical machine. You fill these in when you Add or Edit a product; they then show on the product's Overview tab.

📄 Official specification: IDTA 02006-3-0 — Digital Nameplate (PDF)

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The fields

Fields marked * are required. Some fields (Root, Family, Designation) are multilingual — you can add the same text in several languages; one is enough to start.

Manufacturer

Field		What to enter
Manufacturer	*	Which of your companies makes this product. Set these up first on the Legal Manufacturer Entity page.

Product hierarchy

Three levels describing what the product is, from general to specific.

Field		What to enter
Product Root		The broad category, e.g. flow meter. As you type, the app suggests existing ones so your catalog stays consistent.
Product Family		The sub-group, e.g. Type ABC. Suggestions are filtered by the root you picked.
Product Designation	*	The product's short name, e.g. ABC-123. This is the main name shown everywhere.

Variant

Field		What to enter
Product Type (variant)	*	A code that tells variants of the same product apart — frame sizes, build options, etc. e.g. MR 7436. (It's named "Product Type" in the form, but it just means the variant code.)

Ordering information

Field		What to enter
Order Code	*	The code customers use to order the product, e.g. FMABC1234.
Article Number		Your internal unique product number, e.g. FM11-ABC22-123456.

Default versions

The default hardware/firmware/software versions. Every unit inherits them and can override its own if needed.

Field	What to enter
Hardware Version	e.g. 4358.
Firmware Version	e.g. 3.0.1.
Software Version	e.g. 2.1.0.

Origin & image

Field	What to enter
Country of Origin	The country where the product is normally made. Pick from the list. Each unit can override it.
Product Image	A photo of the product. PNG or JPEG, up to 10 MB — keep it under 2 MB so exported files stay small.

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Tips

• Designation is the name customers see most — keep it consistent across your catalog.
• If you type a name close to an existing Root or Family, the app asks "Did you mean…?" to avoid near-duplicates like "Sensor" vs "Sensors".

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Where the manufacturer details come from

The manufacturer's name, address and logo aren't typed here — they come from the company you selected. Edit them on the Legal Manufacturer Entity page and they update everywhere automatically.

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Other parts of the nameplate

The nameplate identity is completed by two more tabs, each on its own page:

• ➡️ Asset Properties — extra product properties for the nameplate.
• ➡️ Markings — conformity marks such as CE.

For technical users

These fields populate the Digital Nameplate submodel (IDTA 02006-3-0) on an asset of AssetKind = Type. The 3-level hierarchy maps to ManufacturerProductRoot / ManufacturerProductFamily / ManufacturerProductDesignation; the variant field is ManufacturerProductType. Manufacturer name, address and logo come from the linked company. Per-unit fields (serial number, build date, version overrides) live on the Product Instances page.