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FLOOR: Floor

A floor within a building, tracking rooms, capacity, infrastructure, and environmental metrics.

Default definition. This article describes the default FLOOR definition shipped with DemandFlow. Administrators can add, remove, rename, or re-type fields, change which ones are required, and alter the layout from the Definitions screen in Settings. Your tenant's current schema may differ from what is shown here. To read the current definition at any time, GET the DEFINITION object whose id matches FLOOR.

Entity properties

Property	Value
Entity code	`FLOOR`
Display name	Floor
Plural	Floors
Level	250

Use cases

FLOOR is the third level in the physical hierarchy (SITE > BUILDING > FLOOR > ROOM > RACK). Each floor belongs to a parent BUILDING via comboLookup, with a floorNumber field (0 for ground, negative for basements) for ordered display. Status uses the FLOORSTATUS lookup.

Fields

General

Field	Type	Required	Notes
`name`	text	Yes	Name.
`floorId`	text		Floor ID.
`floorNumber`	number		0 for ground floor, negative for basement levels
`building`	reference → `BUILDING`		Parent Building.
`status`	reference → `FLOORSTATUS`		Floor Status.
`description`	text (multi-line)		Description.

Physical Attributes

Field	Type	Notes
`totalArea`	number	Total Floor Area (sq ft).
`usableArea`	number	Usable Area (sq ft).
`whiteSpaceArea`	number	White Space Area (sq ft).
`supportSpaceArea`	number	Support Space Area (sq ft).
`floorHeight`	number	Floor Height (ft).
`ceilingHeight`	number	Ceiling Height (ft).
`floorLoading`	number	Floor Loading Capacity (lbs/sq ft).

Floor Plan

Field	Type	Required	Notes
`floorPlanUrl`	text (URL)		Link to floor plan document

Space Capacity

Field	Type	Notes
`totalRackCapacity`	number	Total Rack Capacity.
`usedRackSpace`	number	Used Rack Space.
`availableRackSpace`	number	Available Rack Space.
`maxRackHeight`	number	Maximum Rack Height (U).

Power & Cooling

Field	Type	Notes
`totalPowerCapacity`	number	Total Power Capacity (kW).
`usedPower`	number	Used Power (kW).
`availablePower`	number	Available Power (kW).
`totalCoolingCapacity`	number	Total Cooling Capacity (kW).
`usedCooling`	number	Used Cooling (kW).
`availableCooling`	number	Available Cooling (kW).

Electrical Systems

Field	Type	Notes
`powerDistributionType`	reference → `POWERDIST`	Power Distribution Type.
`powerCircuitCount`	number	Power Circuit Count.
`pduCount`	number	PDU Count.
`upsAvailable`	boolean	UPS Available.
`voltageTypes`	array of enums	Valid ids: `1` (120V Single-Phase), `2` (208V Single-Phase), `3` (208V Three-Phase), `4` (240V Single-Phase), `5` (480V Three-Phase).

Cooling & Air Systems

Field	Type	Notes
`coolingType`	reference → `COOLINGFLOOR`	Cooling Type.
`hasCracUnits`	boolean	Has CRAC Units.
`cracUnitCount`	number	CRAC Unit Count.
`hasRaisedFloor`	boolean	Has Raised Floor.
`raisedFloorHeight`	number	Raised Floor Height (inches).
`airContainment`	reference → `AIRCONT`	Air Containment.

Access Control

Field	Type	Notes
`accessControlType`	reference → `ACCESSCONT`	Access Control Type.
`entrancePoints`	number	Number of Entrance Points.
`exitPoints`	number	Number of Exit Points.
`cameraCount`	number	Security Camera Count.
`securityNotes`	text (multi-line)	Security Notes.

Fire Safety

Field	Type	Notes
`fireDetectionType`	reference → `FIREDET`	Fire Detection Type.
`fireSuppression`	reference → `FIRESUP`	Fire Suppression System.
`emergencyExit`	boolean	Emergency Exit Available.
`fireExtinguisherCount`	number	Fire Extinguisher Count.

Maintenance Information

Field	Type	Notes
`lastMaintenanceDate`	date	Last Maintenance Date.
`nextMaintenanceDate`	date	Next Scheduled Maintenance.
`maintenanceProvider`	reference → `COM`	Maintenance Provider.
`maintenanceNotes`	text (multi-line)	Maintenance Notes.

Environmental Metrics

Field	Type	Notes
`targetTemperature`	number	Target Temperature (°F).
`targetHumidity`	number	Target Humidity (%).
`tempHumidSensorCount`	number	Temperature/Humidity Sensor Count.
`leakDetection`	boolean	Leak Detection System Installed.

Energy Metrics

Field	Type	Notes
`powerDensity`	number	Power Density (W/sq ft).
`annualPowerConsumption`	number	Annual Power Consumption (kWh).
`pue`	number	Power Usage Effectiveness for this floor

Relationships

Lookups: building points at a BUILDING record; status points at a FLOORSTATUS record; powerDistributionType points at a POWERDIST record; coolingType points at a COOLINGFLOOR record; airContainment points at a AIRCONT record; accessControlType points at a ACCESSCONT record; fireDetectionType points at a FIREDET record; fireSuppression points at a FIRESUP record; maintenanceProvider points at a COM record.
Related lists: ROOM.

Creating a Floor via the API

POST /v1/objects
Authorization: Bearer <your-pat>
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "entity":   "FLOOR",
  "level":    250,
  "comboKey": "SUB:<your-sub-id>|ENT:",
  "name": "Example",
  "floorId": "...",
  "floorNumber": 1,
  "building": "..."
}

Listing Floors

# All records in your tenant
GET /v1/entities/FLOOR/SUB:<your-sub-id>

DemandFlow Support Centre

FLOOR: Floor

FLOOR: Floor

Entity properties

Use cases

Fields

Relationships

Creating a Floor via the API

Listing Floors

See also

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