Measurement Widgets
A measurement widget shows the readings for a given set of devices.
Table of contents
- Accumulated Reading
- Double Trend
- Trend
- Instant Reading
- Instant Reading with Image
- Instant and Accumulated Readings
- Multiline
- 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.