Create Dashboard Application

  • Published on Oct 22, 2025
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To learn more about dashboard use cases, visit Dashboards

To create a dashboard application:

  1. Open the BI Manager application.

  2. Click Create App.

  3. A configuration popup will appear with setup options.

General configuration

  • Name: Enter a name for your application.

  • Type: Select Dashboard as the type if you want to create a dashboard.

  • Description (optional): Provide a description for your dashboard if needed.

Assets configuration

Asset Type
A dashboard is always linked to a single asset type. Select the asset type for your dashboard:

  • Data displayed in the dashboard can come from the chosen asset type or from its child asset types (see hierarchy in the Object Manager).

    Example: You can create a SolarFarm dashboard and display Inverter data inside it. However, if you create an Inverter dashboard, you won’t be able to display SolarFarm data.

Asset Model (optional)
Depending on the selected asset type, you may specify one or more asset models. This allows you to build dashboards tailored to specific asset models.

Asset Picker Options
These settings define how users can select assets within the dashboard:

  • Hidden: No asset picker is shown. The asset is pre-configured when the dashboard is deployed to the menu.

  • Single Select: The asset picker is available, but users can select only one asset at a time.

  • Multiple Select: The asset picker is available, and users can select multiple assets at once.

  • Retain asset filter : When this option is enabled, the selected asset is preserved when navigating from the current dashboard to another dashboard of the same type.

Example Configurations

Example 1

  • Asset Type: Turbine

  • Asset Model: V90

  • Asset Picker: Multiple Select

👉 The user will be able to select multiple V90 turbines (within their permissions, see Set Permission & Access), in the dashboard.

Example 2

  • Asset Type: Inverter

  • Asset Model: (none specified)

  • Asset Picker: Single Select

👉 The user will be able to select any type of Inverter (within their permissions, see Set Permission & Access), but only one at a time.

Time Configuration

  • Show Calendar: When enabled, a calendar is available for selecting custom date ranges.

  • Show Quick Interval Buttons: When enabled, quick interval buttons can be configured. The default checkbox determines which interval is automatically applied when the dashboard is first loaded.

  • Enable Future Dates: Allows users to select future dates in the calendar.

  • Enable Maximum Days for Filter: Allows the dashboard creator to define the maximum number of consecutive days that can be queried. This helps prevent performance issues on heavy dashboards by limiting the amount of data retrieved.

  • Retain Time Period Filter: When enabled, the selected time period is preserved when navigating from the current dashboard to another dashboard.

Saving the app configuration

When finishing the app configuration, the user can click save which will result on a newly created dashboard in the draft edition state (see Version control workflow for more information on draft vs published version).
The user can now create views/section (see Create/Edit a View & Section), create a widget Grid (see Create a Widget Grid), link datasource ( Link Data Sources to Applications) and  add widgets (see Widget Configurations)  

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