UniCloud enables you to build functional, attractive, multilingual Dashboards that you can customize to fit your solution.
You can create personalized dashboards and assign them to specific employees and customers.
Note that in order to enable new users to try out UniCloud, the system is supplied with simulated PLC data and a Main dashboard.
When you create your account and log into UniCloud for the first time, UniCloud opens a pre-prepared Main dashboard that contains several widgets that display simulated PLC data.
You can use this dashboard as is, or edit
it and adapt it to your needs.
To begin, open the Dashboard Gallery by clicking on the pencil button shown in the next image.
When you first open UniCloud, the default dashboard is the Main Dashboard. You can edit this dashboard, or add new ones and assign them to users.
The Gallery allows you to view dashboards as Tiles, shown below, or in List view.
If you have edited the pre-prepared Main Dashboard, you can duplicate the original without your edits by going to My Account>Display Settings> Dashboard Settings> Initial Dashboard and selecting Create.
The Dashboard Gallery is where you create, configure, design, preview, and publish your Dashboards.
To enter the editor, click the pencil icon on the navigation bar on the left of the UniCloud screen.
The editor opens to the Gallery. The Gallery displays Dashboards that are already in the system.
You can choose List or Tile View.
In the Gallery, you can choose to perform actions on existing Dashboards such as copy, discard, open for editing, or preview.
Dashboards that are in progress, that you have edited but not published, are marked as Drafts, as shown below in Tile view.
List View is shown in the next image, followed by a descriptive Legend.
Column Name |
Description |
Status |
Theses icons show the status of the Dashboard:
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Name |
Dashboard Name |
Layout Mode |
The icons show the layout of the dashboard. By default, dashboards are created for desktop layout. When you create a dashboard, you can click Settings> Split Dashboard Layout. Selecting this will allow the dashboard to automatically adapt to desktop, tablet, or cellphone. You can adjust widget size and placement to suit the layout, but remember that adding or deleting widgets causes the same changes in all layouts. |
Created |
The date of Dashboard creation. |
Updated |
The date the Dashboard was last edited. |
Published |
The date the Dashboard was published. |
In both Tile and List view, clicking the icons shown below carry out the following operations:
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Copy the entire Dashboard |
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Discard the Dashboard |
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Edit the Dashboard |
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Preview the Dashboard |
When you click 
Add,
UniCloud opens the form shown below. Enter the Dashboard name. You can
click drop-down arrows to select Scope properties. Note that you can change
these at any time via the editor.
Dashboard Scope determines:
the Organizations that this Dashboard can monitor,
which Asset Types, within these organizations can be monitored,
the Date Range during which the Assets can be monitored and data collected,
the Geographic locations that can be monitored by the Dashboard. Click the field and begin entering characters to open the drop-down list.
You can also choose to add a User Filter at this time.
Click Create when you are done; the editor opens the new Dashboard; here you can continue configuring design, and publish the dashboard.
The Dashboard editor comprises the elements shown below and described in the following table.
1 |
This is the design area for the Dashboard. You can drag & drop widgets onto the canvas, or click them to automatically place them. The widget Wizard opens automatically to lead you through the steps of widget configuration. When you are done, drag the widget to position, and drag the widget’s borders to resize it. You can toggle Show/Hide grid to aid you in positioning widgets. Note that if you include the User Filters widget, it is automatically placed at the head of the Dashboard, and cannot be moved or resized. |
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2 |
Dashboard Name |
This is the name that was entered when the Dashboard was created. You can change it here; all links are automatically preserved. |
3 |
Organization Name |
This is the name that was entered when the Organization was created |
4 |
Language |
Click to select the Dashboard Language.
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5 |
User Details |
Click to Access: · the UniCloud Help system · Contact UniCloud · UniCloud Terms and Conditions · Logout
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6 |
Settings: |
Click to:
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7 |
Widget Ribbon |
Click
a widget group to open it. |
7 |
User Filters |
Click
User Filters in the Widget ribbon; the widget is automatically
positioned at the top of the Dashboard. |
8 |
Clipboard |
To copy widgets: 1. Click the Copy icon on the widget; it will appear in the Clipboard. 2. Drag it from the Clipboard. 3. Drop it in the desired position; the Wizard will open automatically for you to make changes. Note that the widget remains on the clipboard, and can be used multiple times. It will remain on the Clipboard until you copy a different widget.
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Navigation enables you to configure which dashboard UniCloud will display in response when a user clicks on a widget.
Below, an image widget is set, when clicked, to jump to the Maintenance Dashboard.
You can also navigate to an external site. Select Open URL in a new tab;
this enables you to enter the address.
Multiple Asset Types
In the next image, a Table widget has been configured under Data to include two Asset types.
When a user clicks on an:
Asset that belongs to Asset Type “Demo Case”, UniCloud jumps to Dashboard ‘Water Flow Details’
Asset that belongs to Asset Type “Unitronics Pump System”, UniCloud jumps to Dashboard ‘Maintenance’
Navigate by Asset Type, Filter by Asset ID
In the next image, Navigation is mapped by Asset Type, and is also filtered by ID.
When a user clicks on an:
Asset that belongs to Asset Type “Demo Case”, UniCloud jumps to Dashboard ‘Water Flow Details’, but only shows the details for the specific Asset that the user clicked.
Asset that belongs to Asset Type “Unitronics Pump System”, UniCloud jumps to Dashboard ‘Maintenance’. but only shows the details for the specific Asset that the user clicked.
Published
Draft
This dashboard
has been published, but also has a version currently in Draft
status. This status will change when the Draft dashboard is
published.
