Data Entities

The core entities in the Reelables API are:

  • Workspace: a permissions boundary within the Reelables Platform. Typically this is an organization or team but it can also represent an application across several organizations, for example when multiple parties have visibility of Assets through a supply chain.

Assets, Spaces, Printers, Consignments and Facilities all exist within the context of a Workspace. Users can have permissions in more than one Workspace.

  • Asset: a physical item that can be tracked. Reelables Labels are activated (typically by a Printer) and attached to Assets.
  • Space: a physical area within which Assets can be detected. A Space can be static (e.g. a receiving bay in a Facility) or mobile (e.g. in the trailer of a truck). A Space is characterized in the real world by a Gateway, a physical device that listens for signals from Reelables Labels.
  • Consignment: A collection of pieces that are being tracked. In the context of a Consignment a piece is an Asset.
  • Facility: A physical location, comprised of one or more Spaces where Assets are stored or transit through. E.g. a warehouse or distribution center.
  • Label: A Reelables smart label that produces signals that are detected by a Gateway.
  • Gateway: A device that listens for signals from Labels.
  • Printer: a physcial device that enables customers to use Reelables Labels at scale. Printers are linked to a Workspace and are used to print Labels for Assets.
  • User: can be a part of one or more Workspaces, their permissions within those Workspaces are role-based.