Dashboards & Widgets
Dashboards allow you to visualise realtime data on your entire portfolio, property, level, room or equipment/asset.
Dashboards are fully customisable and can display multiple data streams in the form of Widget's. Widgets are a way to visualise a data point (knows here after as a IOT Data Stream).
The widgets have multiple options that can be configured depending upon the widget type. Multiple widgets can be added to a single dashboard.
To create a new Dashboard you first must go to either the asset details page or the room details page and 'Dashboard' tab. You can also create a master project dasboard by clicking on the 'Project Dashboard' in the left hand main menu.
Once in the dashboard area you will need to create a dashboard tab. To do this click on the + in the middle of the empty dashboard. and giving the tab a name. You can add futher tabs as needed to separate your widgets into separate dashboards.
Once you have at least one dashboard tab, you can click the 'Add Widget' button in the top right to start adding widgets to your dashboard.
Any dashboards you create on the Project Dashboard, Asset or Room will be visible to everyone on the project if they have permission to view dashboard in their access role, however some individual data streams data may be restricted further via their device group. Where this is the case the widget box will still show but will restrict the view of the data stream itself.
You can create private dashboards that re not visible to anyone else on the projetc but you. You can access your private dashboards in your portfolio area and clicking 'My Dashboards' in the left hand menu.
Introduction to Widgets
Twinview comes with 7 widget types, that can be placed on a dashboard, each with unique options for the widget type.
Stat Widget
The stat widget shows a single piece of data in a simple colourful card. The card colour, size and icon can all be modified.
Stat widgets can show data from both 'key signals' and 'IOT Data Streams'.
Where key signals or IOT Data are used you can show the key signal for a single project or multiple projects and federate into a single value on the card as shown.
Graph Widget
The Graph widget shows data from Key signals in a chart. The chart type, colour, size etc can be modified.
The IOT Data Widget
The IOT Data widget shows data from an OPT Datastream. The can be as just the text, a chart or a combination depending upon the options selected.
Although this widget has IOT in its name, it can be used for any data been streamed into twinview and is useful for other purposes. For example this can be used to show infomation from another system or service that is sending data into to Twinview.
The IOT Timeline Widget
The IOT Timeline Widget shows data from multiple data streams in a single timeline format sometimes referred to as a trend graph. Unlike other widget types the data in a IOT Timeline widget is interactive and can be used for comparison and analysis purposes. Its possible to filter by data and go back to any previous time and review historic trends.
On the IOT Timeline Widget users can hover over and scrub through the data to perform comparisons as well as amplify the data the data using the tools in the top right of the widget. Users can also left click to bring up a menu for increasing or decreasing the data amplification.
IOT Control Widgets
The IOT Control widget allows you to place a control widget on a dashboard that can be used to control a physical asset or device (user permission and roles allowing). There are a wide range of device types from simple witches to complex device types like thermostat and media server controllers.
IOT Control Widget Sub-Types
Button
momentary button UI widget
Slider
A slider UI widget to control such thins as Valve position, volume, and anything else where a slider would be needed.
Toggle
A on/off (bolean) toggle UI widget
Selector
A multi dropdown selector widget, to control thing like alarm modes, etc
Light
A light control UI widget - with option for on/off, dimmable %, and colour (where supported)
Thermostat
A thermostat control UIIwidget - with options for set-points, boost mode, operating mode and scheduling.
Media Device
A media control UI widget - with options for on/off, source selection, and volume.
Sharing a Public Dashboard
It is possible to create public link to any dashboard. This is useful if you want to share the dashboard with a user who does not have a Twinview acount. It also alows creation of dashboards for use in public areas and screens - for example to show the current weather and air quality on a display in reception or to create a dashbard for use as a Warboard in the building managers office.
To creeate a public link to a dashbard:
Step 1 - Goto a existing dashbaord that you want to create a link for, or create a new dashbaord that you want to make public and cick the edit icon on the tab.
Step 2 - Click on the share button
Step 3 - Click the 'Add Share Link' button.
Step 4 - Give your dashboard a name and then click the 'Save' button
Step 5 - You will now see a Public URL link to the dashboard that you can share with people or use on a kiosk type browser on a TV or screen.
Shave 6 - When the user clicks the link it will open without the need to login and have a simplified clean interface and adopt the brand of the white- labeling that has been applied.
If the Dashboard link is deleted, the link will be disables for anyone who has the link and the dashboards will no longer be accessible. To delete the link, click on the edit dashboard as per steps 1 and 5 then click the Edit button.
Click the 'Delete' button to delete the link.
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