The Method SendIdentifiers is used to send one or more identifiers to the joining system.

These identifiers can be used for selection of a joining process, etc.

These identifiers can often be part of the generated result.

The input argument to this method is an array of EntityDataType structure where every entity in the joining system can be associated to a specific type for filtering.

SendTextIdentifiers method can be used if identifiers cannot be sent as an array of EntityDataType.

Note: The decision on which set of identifiers are used for the selection of a joining process and which set of identifiers should be part of the generated result is application specific.

The signature of this Method is specified below. Table 80 and Table 81 specify the Arguments and AddressSpace representation, respectively.

Signature

SendIdentifiers (

[in]0:String productInstanceUri,

[in]EntityDataType[] entityList,

[out]0:Int64 status,

[out]0:LocalizedText statusMessage)

Table 80 – SendIdentifiers Method Arguments

Argument

Description

productInstanceUri

With this argument the Client can provide the identifier of the asset on which this method is applicable.

It can be empty if the method is modelled directly under the required asset. If it is empty, the system can consider the identifier of the asset where the Server is running.

entityList

It is the list of identifiers sent to the joining system.

status

It provides the status of the Method execution. Refer 7.2.3 for details.

statusMessage

It provides the high-level status information in a user-friendly text.

Table 81 – SendIdentifiers Method AddressSpace Definition

Attribute

Value

BrowseName

SendIdentifiers

References

Node Class

BrowseName

DataType

TypeDefinition

ModellingRule

0:HasProperty

Variable

0:InputArguments

0:Argument[]

0:PropertyType

0:Mandatory

0:HasProperty

Variable

0:OutputArguments

0:Argument[]

0:PropertyType

0:Mandatory