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Create an entity

An entity represents one specific person or asset — one IV Pump, one nurse, one wheelchair. Create an entity for each person or asset in your deployment.

Before you begin

  • Administrator role in Company Settings
  • Entity type created for this category of person or asset
  • Tag or Smart Badge claimed in Device Management (required to assign for location data)

Steps

  1. Open Company Settings from the Kontakt.io Launchpad.
  2. Select Entity Management, then select Entities.
  3. Select Create Entity.
  4. Select the Entity Type for this entity.
  5. Enter the External ID — a unique identifier for this entity, such as an asset tag number or employee ID. This is required and must be unique.
  6. (Optional) Enter a display name. Display names don't have to be unique.
  7. (Optional) Assign a Tag or Smart Badge to the entity so the platform can track its location.
  8. (Optional) Fill in any Attributes defined for this entity type.
  9. Select Create.

The entity appears in the Entities list. Until a Tag is assigned and detected, its status is Unknown and it has no location data.

What happens next

If you didn't assign a Tag during creation, you can assign one later — using the Kio Entity Manager mobile app (for deployment teams) or in Device Management. Until a Tag is assigned, the entity has no location data and its status remains Unknown.