To facilitate the swift and efficient replication of formulas across various zones and compartments, we introduce the notion of template metrics and auto-metrics.
In a greenhouse, you will often see the same type of sensors/metrics and control setpoints in different compartments, zones or sites. The metric relative humidity in compartment 1 will share the same template as relative humidity in compartment 2.
Figure 1. Template metric of a sensor
Figure 2. Template metric of a setpoint
The templates follow their respective metric’s colors. In the example above, the relative humidity template is represented in purple, while the setpoint heat template is depicted in magenta (more information).
Notably, template metrics are distinguished by a dotted line box surrounding them, in contrast to specific metrics, which lack this border. Specific metrics might also include a numeric suffix in their title, indicating their position or the compartments to which they pertain, as illustrated in the above example.
You can check the mapping of these templates in the Variable mapping page. Simply click on the gear icon right in front of your organisation name and go to the second tab.
Figure 3. Variable mapping table
In this list, you will see how each of the specific metric is automatically mapped to a single template, indicating that they are the same type of data, just in different compartment, zone and site.