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Operational Heatmap

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Operational Heatmap

Purpose

Operational Heatmap is a chart that shows one series as a grid of coloured cells, for a day, a month or a year.

Location

  1. On the Dashboard, click the pencil to start edit mode.
  2. Click Add New Widget.
  3. Search for Operational Heatmap.
  4. Click Add Widget.

For the Dashboard controls, see Dashboard overview.

Display

  • Title: shows the period (Daily, Monthly or Yearly) and the tile name, for example Monthly: Heatmap.
  • Grid, Load and PV series: each cell shows the energy in Wh for one hour or one day.
  • Group By Hour: each row is a day and each column is an hour.
  • Group By Day: each row is a week and each column is a day of the week.
  • PV Manager series: each row is a device, an MPPT or an input. Each column is the time of a reading, and each cell shows the PV power.
  • Colours: dark blue is the lowest value and dark red is the highest value.
  • Colour scale: for the Grid, Load and PV series, drag the handles of the scale to show only a range of values.
  • Tooltip: shows the value of a cell.
  • Period buttons: D, M and Y show a day, a month or a year. A new tile opens on M. The chart loads when the tile opens and when you click a button.
  • Date picker: the arrows move one period back or forward, and a click on the date opens a calendar. You cannot pick a future date.
  • Dashboard date control: the chart follows the date in the Dashboard top bar.

Settings

The spanner icon on the tile opens these settings.

  • Title: the name on the tile. The default is Heatmap.
  • Data Series: Grid import Wh, Grid export Wh, Load Wh, PV Wh, PV Manager (by device), PV Manager (by mppt) or PV Manager (by input). The default is PV Wh.
  • Group By: Hour or Day. The default is Hour. The PV Manager series do not use this setting.

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