Modify Device Twin Properties

You can access the functional item properties that comes from the device in device twin reported properties with key the functional item property name and the value - the corresponding value of the functional item property value.

The Device Twin is a JSON that include:

Device identity properties - read- only properties from the corresponding device identity stored in the identity registry
Desired properties - cannot managed by the device, but they are visible by device
Reported properties - reported and managed by the device
Tags - managed and visible by the IoT Hub. The device does not have access to them.

Reported Properties

You can modify any functional item property via Web admin or console commands.

Functional Item Property	Device Twin Reported Property
UID	device twin identity with key "deviceId"
name	device twin reported property with key "name"
tags	device twin reported property
attributes	device twin reported property
objectClass	device twin reported property with key "mainObjectClass"
readable and eventable property	device twin reported property <property name>

Desired Properties

You can modify the value of the any desired property and this changes will reflect on the corresponding functional item property.

Functional Item Property	Device Twin Desired Property
name	device twin desired property with key "name"
tags	device twin desired property
writable properties	device twin desired property <property name>