241: Add Assets to Applications¶

The Key Concept¶

In Kelvin, you add assets to an application — not the other way around.

An application is prepared by Developers and Platform Administrators behind the scenes. As an Operations Engineer, your job is much simpler: choose the application version, select the assets, set any asset-level parameters, and add them.

Once an asset is added to an application:

• The application starts processing data from that asset
• It generates outputs such as recommendations, control changes, and computed data
• You manage the application's behaviour for that asset through parameters

Before You Start¶

Before you can add an asset to an application, a few things need to already be in place. These are typically handled by Platform Administrators and Developers before you start:

If any of these are missing, Kelvin will show warnings during the add asset process. Contact your Platform Administrator or Developer to resolve them.

Step-by-Step: Adding an Asset to an Application¶

The process follows a simple guided flow in the Kelvin UI.

Step 1 — Go to the Assets tab¶

From the left sidebar, click Applications. You will see a list of all applications that have been uploaded to the platform.

Select the application you want to add assets to. This opens the application detail page.

Go to the Assets tab.

Click the Add Assets button.

Step 2 — Select the application version¶

Choose which version of the application the assets should use.

When ready, click Next.

Step 3 — Select assets¶

Choose one or more assets to add. You can select individual assets or bulk-select many assets at once.

If any assets are missing requirements, Kelvin shows an alert in this step. You can also filter the list to see only the assets with missing requirements.

Step 4 — Set app parameters¶

If the application has configurable parameters, you can set values for each asset here.

This step is optional. If you do nothing, Kelvin uses the default values that were already prepared for the application.

If you are adding many assets, you can download the parameter list as a CSV file, update it in a spreadsheet, and upload it again.

Step 5 — Add the assets¶

When you are satisfied, click Add.

Kelvin handles the rest automatically:

• The assets are added to the application
• The application starts automatically for those assets
• The deployment uses the default cluster configuration prepared behind the scenes

For full details, see the Add Asset to Application documentation.

Managing Your Asset in the Application¶

Once an asset is deployed, you manage it from two places:

From the Applications page — Assets tab¶

Go to Applications → select the application → Assets tab. Here you see all assets deployed to this application.

From here you can:

• Enable or disable an asset
• Remove an asset from the application
• Manage multiple assets in bulk
• Review the asset table and its status information

From the Asset details page — Applications tab¶

Go to Assets → click on any asset → Applications tab. This shows the asset's perspective — which applications are running on it, their status, and their configuration.

From here you can:

• View which applications are deployed to this asset
• See the current parameter values for each application
• Update parameter values for this specific asset
• View the application version running on this asset

For full details, see the Asset Details — Applications Tab documentation.

Managing Parameters¶

Parameters are how you tune an application for each individual asset. A developer creates the parameters (e.g., maximum speed, target temperature, threshold values) and you set the values per asset.

Where to change parameters in Applications¶

Applications → select app → Parameters tab → select the asset → edit parameters

Where to change parameters in Assets¶

Assets → click on asset → Applications tab → edit parameters for a specific application

Bulk Parameter Updates¶

When managing many assets, updating parameters one by one is slow.

In Applications you can update multiple Assets together as long as they all need the same new parameter value.

First select all the Assets you want to update.

Then update the parameters you want to apply to the selected Assets.

Quick Quiz¶

Summary¶

Adding assets to applications is one of the most important things you do as an Operations Engineer. Here is what to remember:

• You add assets to applications — not the other way around
• The guided flow is simple: select the version, select the assets, set parameters if needed, and click Add
• You do not need technical knowledge — the platform handles the deployment details automatically
• Once deployed, manage assets from the Applications Assets tab or the Asset Details Applications tab
• Parameters let you tune the application per asset — individually or in bulk via CSV
• You can enable, disable, or remove assets at any time

For full documentation:

• Add Asset to Application
• Asset Details — Applications Tab
• Asset Management

Good luck and Happy Learning !