Hierarchy templates

When the Hierarchy Manager application opens, everything displayed in the application is based on the hierarchy template defined in the system. This template defines the parameters of the model. If you were to describe the physical layout of a building for example, you could describe the name of the building, each floor of the building, and the rooms or areas that each floor contains. The hierarchy template for a building's physical layout does the same thing, using Nodes to represent the different aspects of the model.

Note that a Virtual Meter Node is included in the hierarchy template. You can define virtual meters without associating them with a hierarchy, or you can include virtual meters in a hierarchy the same way that you include devices. You can select virtual meters for many of the reports in the Reports application.

Each Node contains instances of that particular Node type, which in turn are defined by a set of properties. These properties not only define the different parts of the model, they also define the relationships that exist between the different Nodes. This is useful when aggregating the device data used in other parts of Power Monitoring Expert.

Once the model has been created, the devices that are collecting data can be associated with the different levels of the hierarchy that are defined in the template.