Data tags

This article assumes you've already set up a data source (including variables) and defined data tags. Please click the links for more information if you haven't yet.

Live monitors show your machine's real-time data. A live monitor supports four types of widgets to give you clear insight in your actual data. You don't need to set up a VPN connection to view live monitors.

Visualization in a live monitor does not affect your Cloud Logging credit (data points per hour). However, the configuration of your data tags, i.e. the effectively logged data, does.

The data displayed in a live monitor is not stored in the cloud, but streamed directly to your computer via a separate connection, using:

Port	Transport protocol	Application protocol
443	TCP	WebSocket

Furthermore, this article shows you how to:

Add a live monitor
Edit layout
Add widgets

Add a live monitor

Multiple live monitors can be created for a single device, where each live monitor can suit a different purpose, depending on the information you need. The next steps show you how to create a live monitor.

You can choose to:

Manually add a new dashboard
Import a dashboard from a file (or device)

Manually add a new dashboard

You can create a fresh new dashboard in the Cloud Logging app.

Go to [Devices] in the main menu, select the concerning device, open its [Apps] tab, and [Open] the Cloud logging app.

Go to the [Dashboards] page, press [Add new dashboard], and select [Add new dashboard].

Select your dashboard type: [Live monitor].

Name the live monitorand press [Add].

Once a live monitor is created, you can find it in the [Info] tabbelow the VPN section.

Import a dashboard from a file (or device)

You can easily and effortlessly copy dashboards from one device to another by exporting the concerning dashboard and then importing it in your new device.

Switch to data report

You can easily change data report dashboard to a live monitor by replacing the word "report" to "monitor" in the CSV-file before importing a dashboard.

Non-existing variables

If a widget contains variables that do not exist in the new device, the corresponding "variable" field of that widget will be left empty.

First you'll have to export your dashboard. You can do this from inside the dashboard or the Cloud Logging app.

Go to [Devices] in the main menu, select the concerning device, open its [Apps] tab, and [Open] the Cloud Logging app.

Press [∙∙∙] at the concerning dashboardand select [Export to file].

Now that you've exported a dashboard, you can import that dashboard in another device. Go to the other device and open the Cloud Logging app. From there:

Go to the [Dashboards] page, press [Add new dashboard], and select [Import from file].

Select the dashboard file and press [Open].

Once a live monitor is created, you can find it in the [Info] tabbelow the VPN section.

Edit layout

In a new dashboard you first set a layout for the live monitor, which you can later change or expand. Once the layout is set, you can start adding widgets to the live monitor.

You have the option to create a new layout or select a preset layout. In this example we will create a new layout.

You will see an empty live monitor in which you will be able to customize the layout in multiple ways. The [+]will add a new field. The location of the new field depends on the current orientation, which you can change by pressing the [Change layout] button. If it shows as [=], a new column will be added. If it shows [lll] instead, a new row will be added.

You can divide a single field into multiple fields. This enables you to configure custom layouts, i.e. 2 smaller fields on the left and 1 large field on the right. You can do this by selecting [Layout] in the concerning field. You can add multiple fields by pressing the [+] button as many times as you like. Additionally, you can use the [Change layout] button, like before, to change the orientation from rows to columns, or vice versa.

Add widgets

Once the layout is set, you can start adding the various widgets to visualize the data. For live monitors four type of widgets are available. In this chapter we will show you the functions of every single type of widget. The next steps show how to add a widget.

Press [Widget]and select a widget type.

Once the widget is created you will be able to view the widget by pressing [View].

All four widgets are explained in detail below.

Value
Status
Gauge
Graph

Value widget

Shows the current value of a single data tag that is configurable by factor.

This widget's settings are explained below.

Status widget

Shows the current status of a single data tag. The colors and texts, like "Active", are freely configurable. Mostly used by a boolean (i.e. true/false) or integer with limited states (i.e. 1-10).