Building management system with integration of data into smart entities

A building management system for managing data relating to a plurality of physical building equipment devices connected to one or more electronic communications networks, comprising:

• one or more computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• store a plurality of interconnected smart entities in an entity base, the smart entities comprising:
• object entities representing a plurality of devices of building equipment, people within a building, or spaces within the building;
• and
• data entities representing data associated with the plurality of devices of building equipment, people within the building, or spaces within the building, the smart entities being interconnected by relational objects indicating relationships between the object entities and the data entities;
• receive information technology (IT) data and operational technology (OT) data from a plurality of different data sources, wherein:
• the IT data describe one or more characteristics of the plurality of devices of building equipment, people within the building, or spaces within the building, the characteristics being static or changing at a first rate;
• and
• the OT data describe one or more states or conditions of the plurality of devices of building equipment, people within the building, or spaces within the building, the states or conditions being dynamic or changing at a second rate faster than the first rate;
• and
• create a new smart entity in the entity database or update an existing smart entity in the entity database using the IT data and the OT data, the new or existing smart entity comprising one or more first attributes having values derived from the IT data and one or more second attributes having values derived from the OT data.

A method for managing data relating to a plurality of physical building equipment devices connected to one or more electronic communications networks, comprising:

• storing a plurality of interconnected smart entities in an entity base, the smart entities comprising:
• object entities representing a plurality of devices of building equipment, people within a building, or spaces within the building;
• and
• data entities representing data associated with the plurality of devices of building equipment, people within the building, or spaces within the building, the smart entities being interconnected by relational objects indicating relationships between the object entities and the data entities;
• receiving information technology (IT) data and operational technology (OT) data from a plurality of different data sources, wherein:
• the IT data describe one or more characteristics of the plurality of devices of building equipment, people within the building, or spaces within the building, the characteristics being static or changing at a first rate;
• and
• the OT data describe one or more states or conditions of the plurality of devices of building equipment, people within the building, or spaces within the building, the states or conditions being dynamic or changing at a second rate faster than the first rate;
• and
• creating a new smart entity in the entity database or updating an existing smart entity in the entity database using the IT data and the OT data, the new or existing smart entity comprising one or more first attributes having values derived from the IT data and one or more second attributes having values derived from the OT data.