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Check the status of an asset

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Check the status of an asset - AWS IoT SiteWise

You can use the AWS IoT SiteWise console or API to check the status of an asset.

Check the status of an asset (console)

Use the following procedure to check the status of an asset in the AWS IoT SiteWise console.

To check the status of an asset (console)
  1. Navigate to the AWS IoT SiteWise console.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Assets.

  3. Choose the asset to check.

    Tip

    You can choose the arrow icon to expand an asset hierarchy to find your asset.

  4. Find Status in the Asset details panel.

    AWS IoT SiteWise Asset details panel with Status as Active.

Check the status of an asset (AWS CLI)

You can use the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) to check the status of an asset.

To check the status of an asset, use the DescribeAsset operation with the assetId parameter.

To check the status of an asset (AWS CLI)
  • Run the following command to describe the asset. Replace asset-id with the asset's ID or external ID. The external ID is a user-defined ID. For more information, see Reference objects with external IDs in the AWS IoT SiteWise User Guide.

    aws iotsitewise describe-asset --asset-id asset-id

    The operation returns a response that contains the asset's details. The response contains an assetStatus object that has the following structure:

    { ... "assetStatus": { "state": "String", "error": { "code": "String", "message": "String" } } }

    The asset's state is in assetStatus.state in the JSON object.

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