Page Overview - Dashboard

Page Overview - Dashboard

  1. Purpose of Page
    The Utilities & Services Dashboard provides an executive daily overview of your energy usage.
    It also aims to provide energy insights through the use of graphic elements like heatmaps, to allow the visualisation of waste, savings opportunities and potential risks.

  2. Point Selector
    Only "Sites" can be selected on this page.
    Sub metering points can be viewed in in the Technical Analysis Table further down the page.

  3. Date Selector
    This page looks at single days. The date selector allows you to select any day for the period that you have had measurement installed.
    The Heatmap also functions as a date selector. Clicking any of the heatmap days will reload the page, displaying the data for that day.

  4. Product Selector
    The product selector allows you to switch between different energy types.
    These include:
    1. Electricity
    2. Water
    3. Fuel
    4. Gas

  5. 3 Dot Menu
    The 3 Dot menu next to the date selector will give you access to the Tariff scheme details modal.
    This modal will give you a detailed breakdown of the tariff that has been linked to the point you are viewing.

  6. Load Shedding Indicator
    This displays the current load shedding stage when looking at the current day.

  7. Executive Summary Tiles
    The Executive summary tiles allow a fast assessment of the day to day consumptive utilities metrics, highlighting consumption, Minimum Flow, Maximum Flow and cost. 

    1. Energy Consumption
      The main value on the consumption tile displays Daily Total Consumption in (kl/m3) or the selected day.
      The secondary value below is a Daily Energy Movement Indicator, comparing the main value to the previous days consumption, and showing a percentage (%) movement up or down.



    2. Minimum Flow
      The main value on the Minimum Flow tile displays Minimum Flow in (kl/m3) per hour for the selected day.
      The secondary value below is a Daily Minimum Flow Movement Indicator, comparing the main value to the previous days Minimum Flow, and showing a percentage (%) movement up or down.



    3. Maximum Flow
      The main value on the Maximum Flow Tile Displays the Daily Maximum Flow Value in (kl/m3) per hour for the selected day.
      The secondary value below is a Daily Maximum Flow Movement Indicator, comparing the main value to the previous days Maximum Flowr, and showing a percentage (%) movement up or down.



    4. Estimated Cost 
      The main value on the Estimated Cost Tile Displays the Daily Estimated Cost for the selected day.
      The secondary value below is a daily cost movement Indicator, comparing the main value to the previous days Estimated Cost, and showing a percentage (%) movement up or down.
      How is the Estimated Cost Calculated?
      1. Estimated costs are calculated on a fixed billing period using full calendar months.
      2. On the first day of the month, all fixed costs are applied to the billing period, and added to that days cost, along with that days actual consumption costs.
      3. Following days display the movement in costs. This will include all consumption costs for the day.



  8. Consumption Chart & Heatmap

    The Consumption Bar Chart and Consumption Heatmap are 2 separate graphic elements, that work together to provide a insightful view on your Consumption (kl/m3).
    The Heatmap also functions as a date selector. Clicking any of the heatmap days will reload the page, displaying thew data for that day.

    1. Bar Chart
      The bar chart displays consumption in (kl/m3), in 30 minute intervals.
      If you have multiple sub points, the chart will show the total consumption of the selected point, split into the sub meters that are 1 level down from the selected point. This is done through stacking of the bars in the chart.
      Hovering your cursor over any of the bars will display:
      1. Date and Time
      2. Total Consumption in (kl/m3)
      3. Sub points Consumption in (kl/m3)



  9. Technical Analysis Table
    The Technical Analysis Table displays all measurement points that are downstream from the point selected in the point selector.
    It provides a quick view of the Last Activity and Consumption for each point, for the selected day.



    The left hand side of each rows displays the level of each point within the hierarchy.

    o - This indicates that the point is at "Site" level and should display the total consumption for the site. This should in most cases be a virtual meter.
    > -  This indicates that the point is at the first level down from the site. This can either be an actual, or virtual meter.
    >> -  This indicates that the point is at the Second level down from the site. This can either be an actual, or virtual meter.
    >>> -  This indicates that the point is at the Third level down from the site. This can either be an actual, or virtual meter.
    >>>> -  This indicates that the point is at the Fourth level down from the site. This can either be an actual, or virtual meter.
    Each meter at a specific level is a child of the level above it. This structure is what creates our metering hierarchy. The hierarchy should be seen as an energy flow and set up to ensure the site total is accurate, all billing points are accurate, and that the sub meters are fed from the correct parent meters.

    1. Expanding Charts
      When clicking on the hierarchy level indicator on the left hand side (orange block), the row will expand to display the consumption chart.
      The chart gives the ability to zoom in on a specific time period by clicking and dragging between two points.
      The slider below the chart also allows you to click and drag to change the date range you are viewing, without using the date selector.



    2. Expanding Statistics
      Below the chart is a blue expansion button named "Show Statistics". Clicking this expands the statistics table that gives a table view of all energy metrics available for that point.




  10. 33 Week Consumption Heatmap
    The Consumption heatmap displays a daily view over up to a 33 week period. The lowest and highest total daily consumption over the period is used to create a colour scale. This allows us to visually represent daily consumption fluctuations.
    Darkest green indicates the lowest consumption days.
    Darkest Red indicates the highest consumption days.

    Hovering your cursor over any of the days in the heatmap will display the following data for the hovered day:
    1. Date 
    2. Consumption in (kl/m3)

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