Creating entity types from existing entities - Industrial IoT 5.0.2.0 | BACnet | Modbus | OPC Client | SNMP Manager

After you have added a first entity to Security Center, you can use it as a model to add other entities sharing the same properties by creating an entity type from it.

1. From the Config Tool home page, open the Plugins task.
2. Select the entity that you want to create an entity type from and click the Properties tab.
3. Click Create entity type from entity.
   
4. In the Create entity type from entity dialog box, enter a name for the entity type and click Add.
   The new entity type is added to the Entity types page of the Industrial IoT plugin role. The entity you used to create the entity type now inherits the properties of the entity type. Any change to the entity type properties also changes the entity properties.
5. From the entity browser, select the Industrial IoT plugin role and click the Entity types tab.
6. Select the entity type you added and make additional changes to its properties if necessary.