Dashboards: Real Costs and Clearer Trends in the 7-Day Widgets

What changed

The Last 7 days and 7 Days Meters & Sensors Data widgets now use the same data as TimeView. Water, gas and heat meters show their real cost, and the totals, costs and trends on your dashboard match what you see in TimeView for the same days.

Why it matters

Until now, the meters widget always showed a cost of 0, even when the site had a tariff set up. And because the widgets and TimeView counted the week differently, their numbers didn't always agree. Now your dashboard gives you a cost you can rely on, and the same totals you'd get in TimeView.

Costs

• Real cost for water, gas and heat meters. In the 7 Days Meters & Sensors Data widget, the Cost line now shows the cost calculated from the site's tariff for that utility - the same cost TimeView shows. If the site has no tariff for that utility, the cost shows 0.
• Energy cost in the Last 7 days widget. Energy cost now shows the cost of the energy you consumed. Before, on sites with generation (for example, solar), the cost of generated energy was subtracted, so the widget could show $0 even though TimeView showed a cost.
• Currency. Costs use the currency of the site's electricity tariff, as in TimeView.

Totals and the Chart

• Totals match TimeView. Consumed, Generated (on sites with generation) and the cost add up complete days in the site's time zone, just like TimeView's period total. Today's hours appear on the chart but aren't counted in the total yet, so totals can be a little lower than before.
• The line stops at the current time. The chart no longer draws a flat line at zero until midnight. Hours that haven't started yet are left empty.

Level Meters (Temperature, Humidity and More)

• Average instead of Consumed. Meters that measure a level rather than a quantity - temperature, pressure, humidity, liquid level, air quality, occupancy and vibration - now show Average (Average temperature for temperature meters), with no Cost line. The average includes today's readings so far. If a level meter has no readings for the week, it shows –.
• Your temperature unit. Temperature follows the Temperature units setting in your Personal Preferences.
• Large readings display correctly. Readings of 1,000 or more in a unit without a prefix (for example, a liquid level of 1,205 mm) used to appear 1,000 times too small. They now show the right value.

Trends You Can Trust

When Show trends is on, the trend compares this week with the week before. If last week's data has gaps, a grey info icon now appears - hover over it to see why:

• Some hours missing. The icon appears next to the trend, with a message such as "This trend may be inaccurate since the previous period is missing 28 hours of data".
• No data last week. The icon appears in place of the trend, with the message "A trend can't be calculated since the previous period has no data". Before, the trend was simply hidden.

On sites with generation, the Generated trend in the Last 7 days widget gets its own icon in the same way.

Good to Know

• Up to 100 data sources. A Last 7 days widget can include up to 100 devices. If a saved widget has more, it shows "This widget has more than 100 data sources." with an Update widget link, so you can reduce the selection.
• Web dashboards. These changes apply to dashboards in the web app.

Read the full article: 7 Days Meters & Sensors Data Widget

Manual Export: Know Which Resolution Is Available Before You Export

What changed

If you choose a resolution that PowerRadar no longer keeps for the dates you selected, Manual Export now tells you, and doesn't create the export.

Why it matters

Very detailed data is kept for a limited time. Before, if you asked for 1-minute data from several months ago, the export still ran, but the file came back at a lower resolution with no explanation - which looked like something had gone wrong. Now you know right away and can pick a resolution that's available.

How It Works

1. In Manual Export, create a new export and set your dates and Data resolution as usual.
2. Click Start export.
3. If the resolution isn't kept for the whole date range, the Data resolution field is highlighted, and a message says: "The selected resolution isn't available for this entire date range. Please select a lower resolution."
4. Choose a lower resolution and click Start export again.

How Long Each Resolution Is Kept

Good to Know

• The start date decides. The limit is counted back from the moment you click Start export. If your date range starts before the limit, the export is refused, even if most of it is inside. Move the start date, or choose a lower resolution.
• 1-minute data is for short ranges. The 1 minute option is offered only when your date range is shorter than 24 hours.
• All export types. The check applies to site, device and meter exports.
• Exporting from TimeView. The same limits apply when you export from TimeView. If you see "Failed to create export" for older dates, open the export in Manual Export and choose a lower resolution.

Read the full article: Are there data retention policies applied to the energy data?

Improvements and Fixes

Bug Fixes

• Non-Latin names in Manual Export files. When you open a Manual Export CSV file in Excel, site, device and category names written in non-Latin letters (for example, Hebrew, Japanese or Chinese) now appear correctly in the column headers, instead of question marks or unreadable characters. This also applies to exports you start from TimeView. Files from scheduled export jobs aren't affected.
• ENERGY STAR for users without edit permission. Users who can view a site but can't manage ENERGY STAR can now open Settings > ENERGY STAR and see the summary, score, sync history and CSV download. Before, the page showed "ENERGY STAR settings could not be loaded". Managing the integration - Sync now, Change source or target, Email notifications and Disconnect integration - is available only to users with edit permission. If ENERGY STAR isn't set up for the site yet, or synchronization is paused, ask your administrator. Until setup is complete, these users see "Contact your administrator to connect ENERGY STAR or complete setup for this site."
• TimeView period totals. Period totals are now added up from the exact values instead of rounded ones, so they match the dashboard widgets. Some totals may change slightly (for example, 779 kft³ becomes 780 kft³).

Related Articles

• Last 7 Days Widget
• 7 Days Meters & Sensors Data Widget
• Manual Export
• Exporting Data from TimeView
• Are there data retention policies applied to the energy data?
• Send your energy data to ENERGY STAR automatically