Configuring the display of sensor data

Configure a preview card to display an interactive graph of sensor readings that are obtained over time, and apply the preview card to a sensor data source.

Before you begin

Complete the following steps to associate a sensor data source to a sensor readings data source so that the sensor data source collates sensor readings in the form of time-series data.

  1. Create a sensor data source that imports the locations of sensors. The Name property of the sensor data source must match the Name property of the sensor readings data source. For more information, see Configuring sensor data sources.
  2. Create a sensor readings data source that imports readings from the sensors. The column that contains the sensor readings in the acquisition source for the sensor readings data source must be named Reading. For more information, see Configuring sensor readings data sources.
  3. Create a dynamic association between the sensor data source and the sensor readings data source based on the Name property. For more information, see Configuring a data source association.

About this task

Configure a preview card and a full properties window to display sensor readings in graphical form.

Procedure

  1. Use the component customization tool to configure the sensor data source to use the sensor preview card and the sensor data full properties window:
    1. Click Administration > Configuration tools > Component Customization.
    2. Click Add Components to User Interface.
    3. For Select component type, select Preview Card.
    4. Expand Data sources and select the sensor data source and Sensor Preview Card.
    5. Click Save.
    6. For Select component type, select Full Properties Window Tabs.
    7. Expand Data sources and select the sensor data source and Sensor Data.
    8. Click Save.
  2. Add the sensor data source to a pane in the filter.

Results

After you configure the filter to display data items from the sensor data source, click the data items to view a graph of sensor readings for the previous month on the preview card and on the Sensor data tab of the full properties window. To filter the readings by specific dates, use the Sensor Data tab of the full properties window.

What to do next

For information about how to create customized preview cards and full properties windows to display sensor readings using sample data, see Displaying sensor data on a customized preview card.