Creating projects - Amazon IoT SiteWise Monitor
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Creating projects

As a portal administrator, you select a set of assets and then create a project for those assets (see Adding assets to a new project). You can also create an empty project and add assets later.

Creating a new project

Follow this procedure to create a new project.

To create a new project
  1. In the navigation bar, choose the Projects icon.

    
    The "Projects" icon in the navigation bar.
  2. On the Projects page, choose Create project

    
              The "Projects" page with "Create project" highlighted.
  3. In the Create new project dialog box, enter a Project name and Project description. Use a description that informs users about the assets and visualizations in the project.

    Note

    Make sure that the project name and description don't contain confidential information.

    
              The "Create new project" page.
  4. Choose Finish to create the new project.

Next, you might assign project owners and add assets to the project. Until you add assets to the project, the project owner can't create dashboards and visualizations.