Bulk update from Recipes

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Hello,

Should Recipe updates be automatically carried over to all devices? Or is there a step missing to push updated recipes to all devices?

Picture below…shows that we made some changes to attribute tags but the parameters were not carried over.

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Hey @Micheal_Davis!

Device recipe changes are not automatically applied to devices created from that recipe. You’ll have to use the Bulk Update functionality to make the same change to your existing devices.

Devices created from a recipe are automatically tagged with the name of that recipe (DeviceRecipe=Name). You can use that to filter devices when performing the bulk update.

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Thanks Brandon. We updated an attribute tag. What property/action is the correct one? Is it the Attribute Tag Set? :thinking:

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Correct, it is the Attribute Tag: Set action.

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Thank you. Wish me luck!

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When doing bulk updates, I do recommend doing a test run on a single device to ensure you get the correct result. You can then expand the query to include multiple devices.

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Would be nice to have the ability to Push a Recipe Update from the Devie Recipe location. More intuitive too but that’s from my POV.

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Totally agree. We have discussed internally how we could accomplish something like that.

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Oh wait. So we went into the recipe and added the new attributes there but now we have to redo it on the Attribute Tag set too on the Bulk Update? What’s the purpose of the Device Recipe section? Seems like something is missing connecting the two.

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Recipes are used when creating devices only. Once the device is created, it is disconnected and changes can be made to either independently. If you’re creating devices from recipes, you’ll still need to update the recipe so that future devices have the modified attribute tag.

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Ok Thank you for the explanation. If you ever have a poweruser conference on change request….let me know. We have tons of ideas.

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We’d love to get the feedback! We do periodic customer success calls with nearly every customer and that’s a great way to discuss. We’ll reach out and get one on the calendar.

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