Dashboards
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The Site Dashboard allows you to see your site's energy consumption and operational health at a glance. You can use this Dashboard to navigate into the different monitoring and analysis applications, and learn more about the site's energy consumption and operational health.
There is a default Dashboard for both Visualize and Optimize sites but for Optimize Sites, you can create multiple custom Dashboards that are private to themselves or public ones you can share across the other site/account users that have the site in their scope.
Default Site Dashboard Widgets
Summary
An overview of site's managed load (maximum power consumption from the past 2 weeks) and status of the inventory.
Real-Time Power Consumption Widget
Site power consumption status in real time, which helps determine whether site consumption is at the norm, or if there’s some type of exceptional consumption that you should act on. Here you can see your site total and a breakdown of your site's power in orange and your site's generation in the inner blue ring.
Actual vs. Average Energy Widget
You can learn about the site’s daily power consumption vs. the norm for the entire site on the same day of week based on past consumption. This enables you to see if the site’s consumption is at the norm, or above or below it.
Last 7 Days Power Consumption and Generation Widget
Illustrated on the third image, this widget enables you to view the past 7 days' power consumption and generation of your site, so that you can identify events for which certain device categories showed exceptional consumption.
For our CHP customers with a power meter installed, this graph will provide a full overview of the site load, generated power and imported power from the grid.
5 Top Consumers by Category
A bar graph showing the five most power consuming device categories of the site from the past 7 days, by percentage of all device categories.
Custom Dashboards
For Optimize sites, you have the ability to create multiple live Dashboards, dedicated to different purposes and each widget can be crafted to any specific devices or group of devices (not just for the site). The Dashboards can be set to private so it is a more personalized use or you can create a suite of Dashboards that can be shared among your team to encourage collaboration. Each widget will auto-refresh, performing on a live functionality. To view the widget's refresh rate, hover over the refresh icon in the right corner of the widget.
Open the Dashboards list to the right and view the list of Dashboards you have created and ones Created by others. Click on the 3 dot option to set the dashboard as your default or as the site's default. You can also duplicate the Dashboard to expedite the creation process by only changing a few settings from the Dashboard you copied.
Build a New Dashboard
To create a new Dashboard, open the Dashboards list and click on +New dashboard button.
When a Dashboard is created and set, there will be an Edit option next to the Dashboards list button.
Provide a name in the upper left corner and click on + Add widget to begin. Each Dashboard can have up to 9 widgets. You can create multiple versions of the same widget type.
Custom Dashboards Widget Types
Largest Power Consumers
Track and compare energy use among the highest power-consuming entities. Decide between showing Top 5 or Top 10 entities, select to view the widget as an Energy bar graph or Power line graph, show a trend that displays the difference between the previous time range select and this time range's data (by percentage), time range of widget, and type of entities. Mains are excluded from these entities as they usually represent the site total and will be an outlier in the consuming devices KPI.
Carbon Footprint
This widget provides a snapshot of your total carbon emissions, giving you the data you need to make informed decisions about reducing your ecological footprint and promoting sustainability in your organization. If the site had a carbon factor set, the Formula will have that value filled out as default. Carbon footprint units are typically expressed in terms of kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) so the Formula requires the carbon footprint factor per 1kWh. Same time range options as our other widgets. You have the option to set a Goal based on reducing the annual emissions by a certain percentage or to emit a maximum of kgCO2e per year.
Open Alerts
This widget helps you maintain optimal operational conditions by highlighting urgent matters that require your attention. Set the time range of your choosing. Beyond 30 days, the alerts will automatically close.
Real-Time Power Consumption
Taking the default version and expanding its customizing options. You can set a max value for the dial that represents the total. Showing the summary displays the energy consumption from the past 24 hours, 7 days, and 30 days. Showing trend enables the percentage difference between the previous time period. This widget can still be applied to the Site total but now, you can select one or many devices to be in the sum of the power, or you can select a specific device category.
Real-Time Non-Electric Meters Data
Identical to the Real-Time Power Consumption widget but the entities are the External Meters.
Note: Electric Meters are configured as Devices, therefore, to include them in real-time consumption widgets, select them in the Calculate consumption of: Devices setting in the Real-Time Power Consumption widget.
The widget must be set per Meter type with the same units. For multiple Meter types (Gas, Water, Heat, Air, and Temperature), create a widget for each type.
Actual vs. Average Consumption
Compares current energy consumption against historical averages, highlighting variances and patterns to aid in energy optimization. You can choose the entity to be the site, a device category, or a specific device(s). Showing a goal adds a yellow banner to indicate if you are in the average range or indicate specifically with a percentage how much the consumption differs from the average.
Last 7 Days
Displays a week-over-week comparison of energy usage, offering insights into consumption trends and efficiency opportunities. Similar to other widgets, you can choose to have the Site be the entity or you can set it to a device Category, or a specific device(s).
Note: A Tariff must be assigned to the site in order for the Cost element to populate.
7 Days Non-Electric Meters Data Flow
Displays a week-over-week comparison of meters energy usage, offering insights into consumption trends and efficiency opportunities. Configuration is identical to the Last 7 Days widget.
Summary
This widget provides a snapshot of your site's info and deployment status, helping you to quickly assess the overall health of your energy management system. You have the option to edit what is included and in parentheses, the system will let you know when any of the hardware types are not installed, granting you the visibility to remove those items from summary view.
Editing Dashboards
Once widgets are configured, feel free to move the widgets to their ideal spot by hovering over the widget and clicking and dragging the 6 dot option in the upper left corner to move the widget and a shadow will show where it will land. Edit any of the widgets by hovering over the widget and clicking the pencil icon in the upper right corner. Click Save in the upper right corner when finished.