Note: Time View Lite requires the Optimize package. If you don't see the Time View tab in your site, contact your administrator or reach out to the PowerRadar team.

What Is TimeView Lite?

TimeView Lite is a time-series chart that lets you see how power, energy, cost, or carbon output changes over time for your site's devices. Select one or more devices, pick a time window, and the chart draws a line or bar series for each device so you can compare them side by side.

Why use it?

• Spot peak demand periods and recurring patterns.
• Compare the power draw of multiple circuits or meters at once.
• Quickly check recent energy cost or carbon output without leaving the app.

How to Open It

Multi-site users - tap a site to open its Site Dashboard, then tap Time View in the bottom tab bar. The tab bar items are Back, Dashboard, Time View, and Events. Time View is highlighted in orange when active.

Single-site users - you land directly in the site view. Tap Time View in the bottom tab bar.

Choosing Devices

The Devices chip at the top of the screen shows how many devices are currently selected (for example, Devices (1) or Devices (7)). Tap it to open the device picker.

The picker shows your site's sensors by name. Tap a sensor to select or deselect it. You can select multiple sensors; each one gets its own colored series on the chart. Meter-level selection will be added in a future update.

The legend below the chart lists every selected device with its color swatch. If you have a long list of devices, scroll down below the chart to see them all.

Choosing a Measurement Type

The second chip (between Devices and the period) shows the current measurement type. Tap it to open the Measurement Type picker.

There are four options:

All four measurement types are available on Optimize sites.

Setting the Time Period

The third chip shows the current time period (for example, Last 7 days or a custom date range like 08 Jun – 15 Jun 2026). Tap it to open the Time Period picker.

The available presets are:

• Last 24h
• Last 7 days
• Last 30 days
• This month
• Custom

The active preset is highlighted in blue. Tap any preset to apply it immediately.

Custom date range - tap Custom to reveal a date picker. Tap Start date to set when the range begins, then tap End date to set when it ends. A calendar appears; tap a day to select it, and use the < and > arrows to navigate between months. Once both dates are set, the chart updates to show the selected range.

Stepping Through Time

Below the three filter chips, the screen shows a SHOWING DATA FOR header with the current date range in large text. To the left and right are < and > arrows.

• Tap < to step back one period (e.g., from the last 7 days to the 7 days before that).
• Tap > to step forward one period.

This is useful for quickly comparing the same period across consecutive weeks or months without reopening the date picker.

The ↺ (refresh) icon to the right of the date range refreshes the chart data on demand. For the Last 24h and Last 7 days presets, the chart also refreshes automatically in the background.

Reading the Chart

The chart fills most of the screen. The Y-axis label shows the unit (kW or MW for Power; kWh for Energy). The X-axis shows time.

• Power is drawn as a line chart - one line per device, each in a different color.
• Energy, Cost, and Carbon are drawn as bar charts. When a single device is selected, bars represent one time bucket each (e.g., one bar per day for a 7-day window).

The chart resolution is chosen automatically based on the selected period. For example, a 24-hour window shows finer granularity than a 30-day window. You cannot change the resolution manually in Time View Lite.

To see the exact value at a point in time, tap anywhere on the chart. A vertical crosshair line snaps to that moment, and a tooltip appears above it listing the timestamp and the value for every visible series. The tooltip flips to the other side of the screen when you approach the right edge, so it stays readable. Tap elsewhere on the chart to move the crosshair.

The Legend

Below the chart is a collapsible legend panel. It shows the number of selected devices and the site name. Tap the panel header to expand or collapse the list.

When expanded, the legend lists each selected device with its color swatch next to the name. Tap a device row to hide that series from the chart - the swatch becomes hollow and the device name is shown with a strikethrough. Tap it again to bring the series back. This is useful for isolating one device when several lines are overlapping.

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