[Feature Request] Introduce labels/descriptions for gateways and datapoints

[majuss]

Describe the issue When I name gateways based on an algorithmic pattern because I will trigger rule chains and visualize depending on the name, I have no "human readable" why to identify the gateway. Currently the name is more like an UID. See this screenshot:

Same is true for datapoints in telemetry:

I'am using BACnet and Modbus serial conenctors. There should be an additional column "description" for defined datapoints and gateways which can be filled by the user with an arbitrary string.

This would speed up general development time on the platform for business usecases because the user don't have to manually lookup the gateway in a mapping table.

[vadoster]

You can use description input on each device

[majuss]

@vadoster for devices, but not for gateways or datapoints.

[samson0v]

Hi @majuss, thanks for your interest in ThingsBoard IoT Gateway! We will add a description column for gateways to all related tables. However, the description field for datapoints needs to be requested from the ThingsBoard product team, as it relates to devices (a gateway is essentially a regular device with a few differences). You can create an issue in the ThingsBoard official repository about the description for datapoint fields.