Measurement Widgets

A measurement widget shows the readings for a given set of devices.

Table of contents

  1. Accumulated Reading
  2. Double Trend
  3. Trend
  4. Instant Reading
  5. Instant Reading with Image
  6. Instant and Accumulated Readings
  7. Multiline
  8. Multiline Comparison

To add a measurement widget to your dashboard, follow these steps:

Step 1

Login into your account.

Step 2

Select the system.

Step 3

Click on “Add Widget”.

Step 4

Now select “Measurement” on the widget category and also the information type.

Step 5

Now fill in the fields with all the widget parameters.

The parameters will be different depending on the selected widget.

Step 6

Click “Add”.

To know more about a specific widget creation read the section bellow.

Accumulated Reading

  • Title - Widget brief description shown in the Widget body.
  • Unit - Reading Unit. Only devices compatible with this unit will be available for selection. With Widgets containing both Instant and Accumulated readings you’ll be asked Units for each one.
  • Devices - Select which devices will be considered for the Widget value readings.
  • Link Navigation Options - The user can create links to Devices, Reports, Rules, Zones, Dashboards.

Double Trend

  • Title - Widget brief description shown in the Widget body.
  • Unit - Reading Unit. Only devices compatible with this unit will be available for selection. With Widgets containing both Instant and Accumulated readings you’ll be asked Units for each one.
  • Devices - Select which devices will be considered for the Widget value readings.
  • Higher is Better - When activating / deactivating this button the trend color will change.
    • Activated - The highest value will be green and the lower will be red.
    • Deactivated - The lower value will be green and the higher will be red.
  • Link Navigation Options - The user can create links to Devices, Reports, Rules, Zones, Dashboards.

Trend

  • Title - Widget brief description shown in the Widget body.
  • Unit - Reading Unit. Only devices compatible with this unit will be available for selection. With Widgets containing both Instant and Accumulated readings you’ll be asked Units for each one.
  • Devices - Select which devices will be considered for the Widget value readings.
  • Higher is Better - When activating / deactivating this button the trend color will change.
    • Activated - The highest value will be green and the lower will be red.
    • Deactivated - The lower value will be green and the higher will be red.
  • Link Navigation Options - The user can create links to Devices, Reports, Rules, Zones, Dashboards.

Instant Reading

  • Title - Widget brief description shown in the Widget body.
  • Unit - Reading Unit. Only devices compatible with this unit will be available for selection. With Widgets containing both Instant and Accumulated readings you’ll be asked Units for each one.
  • Devices - Select which devices will be considered for the Widget value readings.
  • Device Operation - Two options will be available:
    • SUM - It will make a sum of the selected devices.
    • Average - Will make an average of the selected devices.
  • Link Navigation Options - The user can create links to Devices, Reports, Rules, Zones, Dashboards.

Instant Reading with Image

  • Title - Widget brief description shown in the Widget body.
  • Unit - Reading Unit. Only devices compatible with this unit will be available for selection. With Widgets containing both Instant and Accumulated readings you’ll be asked Units for each one.
  • Devices - Select which devices will be considered for the Widget value readings.
  • Device Operation - Two options will be available:
    • SUM - It will make a sum of the selected devices.
    • Average - Will make an average of the selected devices.
  • Image - In this field the user can upload an image to be displayed on the widget.
  • Link Navigation Options - The user can create links to Devices, Reports, Rules, Zones, Dashboards.

Instant and Accumulated Readings

  • Title - Widget brief description shown in the Widget body.
  • IR Unit - Instant Unit. Only devices compatible with this unit will be available for selection. With Widgets containing both Instant and Accumulated readings you’ll be asked Units for each one.
  • HAR Unit - Accumulated Unit. Only devices compatible with this unit will be available for selection. With Widgets containing both Instant and Accumulated readings you’ll be asked Units for each one.
  • Merged - With this option enabled, only devices that are merged will appear.
  • Devices - Select which devices will be considered for the Widget value readings.
  • Device Operation - Two options will be available:
    • SUM - It will make a sum of the selected devices.
    • Average - Will make an average of the selected devices.
  • Link Navigation Options - The user can create links to Devices, Reports, Rules, Zones, Dashboards.

Multiline

Step 1

  • Here the user must choose the widget size.

Step 2

  • Title - Widget brief description shown in the Widget body.
  • Link Navigation Options - The user can create links to Devices, Reports, Rules, Zones, Dashboards.

Step 3

  • Label - It is the label that will appear to identify the selected device.
  • Unit - Reading Unit. Only devices compatible with this unit will be available for selection. With Widgets containing both Instant and Accumulated readings you’ll be asked Units for each one.
  • Device - Select which device will be considered for the Widget value reading.

Multiline Comparison

Step 1

  • Here the user must choose the widget size.

Step 2

  • Title - Widget brief description shown in the Widget body.
  • Link Navigation Options - The user can create links to Devices, Reports, Rules, Zones, Dashboards.

Step 3

  • Label - It is the label that will appear to identify the selected device.
  • Unit - Reading Unit. Only devices compatible with this unit will be available for selection. With Widgets containing both Instant and Accumulated readings you’ll be asked Units for each one.
  • Device - Select which device will be considered for the Widget value reading.
  • Desired - In this field, the desired value will appear to be compared with the current value and calculate the difference between the two values.