In Connext Operator, you’re able to customize your dashboards after creating them from scratch or from a template. In order to understand how a dashboard works in Operator, it is good to know that any dashboard consists of one or content blocks which we will call widgets. These widgets can contain:
- Tiles. These tiles are either setpoints or measurements from any of your Operator pages. See also the article about adding setpoints and measurements to dashboards.
- Labels. These are blocks of texts that you can use to give your widgets a name.
- Spacers. Empty tiles you use to create certain structure in your dashboard.
- Charts. See also the article about adding charts to dashboards.
At the bottom of this article, all available dashboard items are explained in more detail.
To start editing, navigate to any dashboard and select ‘Edit dashboard’ from the top right of your screen:
After selecting ‘Edit dashboard’, you start editing directly on the widgets and tiles you’d like to adjust. This way, you can easily change colors, width and height of the different tiles and label texts. On any widget, select the three dots to add a new label or spacer to that widget.
A few additional tips to make your dashboard more powerful:
- On a label, you’re able to add a hyperlink to any page in Operator (or any web page if that helps) by selecting the link icon.
- A label will also allow you to add an icon, by selecting the empty icon represented by a dashed circle. Icons are clickable and will help you navigate a large dashboard easily on small screens like the one of your phone.
- The default height of the tiles includes space for an explanation of the measurement or setpoint you’re looking at. If you don’t need that additional information, you can decrease the height of the cells as well. This way, you can put much more information on one screen.
Adding widgets to a dashboard
When in Edit mode, you can add widgets to a dashboard by selecting ‘Add widget’ which gives you the choice to add:
- A predefined widget template from the widget library. Go to the article about widget templates for more information.
- An image. Use any image as a background to put measurements and setting tiles on: you could use a picture or schematic of installation parts like water systems, a floor plan or a screenshot of your greenhouse on Google Maps.
- A chart. Add any chart to your dashboard that you’ve already created or create a new one from a template or from scratch. For more information check the article about adding charts to dashboards.
- A grid. This is basically an empty widget to which you can add any measurement or setting by dragging them to the widget after adding setpoints and measurements to dashboards.
Definitions
Tiles
Tiles are the blocks in which the setting/measurement name and value can be seen. You can adjust the width and height, the color and you can change the name.
Labels
Labels are longer blocks in which only text is displayed. You can change the name and width of a label, you can add an icon to it and you can add a hyperlink to the label text.
Widgets
In general, a widget is an element that contains all tiles, labels and images.
A grid widget is an empty element where you can drag new tiles and labels to.
An image widget is an element which an image is placed.
A chart widget contains one or more charts.
Icon
The icon is an option for the labels in order to navigate faster, especially on mobile devices. The icon you add to a widget will show at the top of smaller screens in order to navigate to the widget directly by pressing the icon.
Popups
When you click a tile (when you're analyzing, not in Edit-mode) a popup appears. Depending on the content of the tile, this popup gives you the possibility to change a setting or quickly analyze a measurement.
Shortcuts
When you click on a tile you can use a shortcut in the popup that navigates you directly to the setting or measurement page.
Charts
For tiles with a measurement, a chart is available in the popup. You can easily add extra data points to it.