force-follow-asset-units.md

Force Follow Asset Units

{% hint style="info" %} Plugins required:
- plugin-assets-4.4.0+
- plugin-liverig-4.4.0+
- plugin-wells-5.3.0+ {% endhint %}

Force Follow Asset Filter

Live provides a feature flag to enable dashboards to follow the unit set of the asset of the selected filter on the dashboard:

Remind: the option to follow the asset filter will be available only if the dashboard is configured using the lookup.asset_name_event_type (only this lookup is supported for now):

If the force follow feature flag is enabled the dashboards that has filters will automatically follow the unit set of the asset selected on filter:

A specific badge will be displayed at the dashboard informing that dashboard is following the asset filter, that means the units depend on the asset filtered:

If the force dashboard filter configuration flag is disabled than the dashboard will use the default unit set or previous configured:

Also it is possible to select the follow asset filter manually: