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Dashboards - Get started

Requirements

The following scripts are required to use Dashboards and all related functionality covered in the Dashboards guides:

  • scDashboard
  • scAlarm
  • scHistory
  • scPrototypes
  • scThemes
  • scAlert
  • scQuickSort

And the following Object Libraries:

  • Dashboard Widgets

WideQuick MOD comes with three example dashboards that can be used as a starting point or modified to fit a project. New Dashboards can be created either from the template or from scratch depending on what the user wants.

Dashboard
The Energy Dashboard in WideQuick Runtime

Setting Up a New Dashboard

Duplicate the dashboard template in WideQuick Designer® by right clicking the template in the project tree and move it to the correct folder in the project structure.

Setting up a dashboard

Widgets - Pre-built Components for the Dashboard

Dashboards are built using pre-built widgets from the Dashboard Widgets library. Each widget is designed for a specific type of data and can be placed and configured directly without any custom development. Most widgets also exist in different sizes.

Widget

Grid Layout - Positioning Widgets in the Editor

The dashboards in WideQuick Designer® uses a 4×4 grid to help with widget placement. Each grid position is marked by an ellipse that acts as a placement guide. These ellipses are not visible at runtime.

Grid

Adding a Widget

Add a widget by dragging it from the Dashboard Widgets library onto the dashboard, then fill in the relevant parameters in the properties panel. For a full list of available widgets and their parameters, see Configuring.

Adding a widget

Next Steps

  • Configuring — widget reference and parameter details
  • Extending — custom widgets, design patterns and troubleshooting