Azure-docs: Clarify enable and disable rule for a device

[bamajeed]

In the section https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-central/core/tutorial-create-telemetry-rules#enable-or-disable-a-rule-for-a-device you mention "the Scopes section". This needs to be clarified better, what is Scopes?.
Also It does not seem to be possible to enable/disable a rule based on device Id?

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• ID: 7ee141ca-53ea-5e9f-4b50-5e46f7311034
• Version Independent ID: 6a8e1cfb-169a-41b1-2e9f-8df5cd889081
• Content: Tutorial - Create and manage rules in your Azure IoT Central application
• Content Source: articles/iot-central/core/tutorial-create-telemetry-rules.md
• Service: iot-central
• GitHub Login: @dominicbetts
• Microsoft Alias: dobett

[BharathNimmala-MSFT]

@bamajeed Thank you for your query, our team will further look into it and get back to you at the earliest.

[asergaz]

Thanks for the feedback @bamajeed ! You are correct, I cannot also see "Scopes" when adding a new filter on my rule:

@dominicbetts could you please validate that this is a doc-bug and we need to remove that from here?

Also It does not seem to be possible to enable/disable a rule based on device Id?

Your device template needs to expose deviceId as a Capability type Property in order to filter it out on your rule. MXChip Template doesn't has that property for eg. Not sure about other device templates... which one are you using?

Thanks

[bamajeed]

Hi António,

Thanks for the reply. I am using the MXChip Template, but now I understand the issue.

Regards

Basim

[asergaz]

Thanks for confirming @bamajeed . Assigning this issue to the author to fix the doc accordingly.

[dominicbetts]

Hi @bamajeed - thanks for getting in touch. I've updated this article to clarify the section that talks about enabling and disabling rules for devices - the changes should be live shortly. You're quite correct that you can't use the device ID to enable or disable a rule - you have to use one of the properties defined for the device type. If you think this would be useful feature, consider making a suggestion on User Voice: https://feedback.azure.com/forums/911455-azure-iot-central

I'm going to close this issue now. Thanks.

[dominicbetts]

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