ThingWorx Base Types
The following table lists and briefly describes the ThingWorx Base Types:
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Type Name
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Description
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BASETYPENAME
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A valid name of a Base Type.
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BOOLEAN
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True or false values only
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BLOB
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A Binary Large Object.
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DASHBOARDNAME
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The name of a dashboard.
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DATASHAPENAME
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A reference to a Data Shape in a model, and therefore has special handling.
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DATETIME
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Date and time value
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GROUPNAME
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ThingWorx Group Name
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GUID
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Globally Unique IDentifier.
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HTML
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HTML value
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HYPERLINK
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Hyperlink value
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IMAGE
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Image Value
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IMAGELINK
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Image link value
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INFOTABLE
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ThingWorx data structure used to define the results of a service or a set of properties for a Thing
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INTEGER
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32–bit integer value
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JSON
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JSON structure
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LOCATION
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ThingWorx Location structure
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MASHUPNAME
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ThingWorx Mashup name
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MENUNAME
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ThingWorx Menu name
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NOTHING
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No type (used for services to define void result)
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NUMBER
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Double-precision value
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PASSWORD
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A masked password value.
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QUERY
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ThingWorx Query structure
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SCHEDULE
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A CRON-based schedule (in ThingWorx Composer, can b e configured using the Schedule Editor).
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STRING
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Any amount of alphanumeric characters.
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TAGs
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ThingWorx tag valaues.
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TEXT
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Any amount of alphanumeric characters. The difference with strings is that TEXT is indexed.
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THINGCODE
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A numerical representation of a Thing containing a DomainID and InstanceID. For example: 2:1.
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THINGNAME
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A reference to a Thing and therefore has special handling.
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THINGSHAPENAME
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A reference to a Thing Shape in the model, and therefore has special handling.
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THINGTEMPLATENAME
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The name of a Thing Template.
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USERNAME
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A reference to a ThingWorx user defined in the system. In general to avoid issues with REST APIs, do not use the colon (:) character in user names.
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VEC2
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A collection of two numbers. For example, 2D coordinates, x and y.
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VEC3
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A collection of three numbers. For example, 3D coordinates, x, y, and z.
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VEC4
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A collection of four numbers. For example, 4D coordinates, x, y, z, and w.
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XML
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An XML snippet or document.
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