Published Dashboards

Published dashboards enable teams to build sets of chart views that are published in a rotating slideshow. Create different sets of dashboards for any area of your manufacturing facility, including the production line, morning standup meeting area, break room, board room, or main lobby.

A published dashboard is accessed via a URL, enabling it to be displayed on a variety of devices including TVs.

Building Published Dashboards

Creating a Published Dashboard

To set up a published dashboard:

1. Navigate to Settings > Published Dashboards.
2. Give your dashboard a descriptive name to segregate it from other published dashboards.
3. Select a layout option including full screen or split screen.
4. Click Add View to add existing chart views to the rotation.

Published Dashboard Configuration Options

For each chart view in your dashboard, configure the following:

• Sort: The order in which this view appears in the rotation.
• Chart View: The chart view to display.
• Override Title: Optional custom title to display instead of the view's default name.
• Filter Group: Optional saved display filter group to apply to this view.
• Rotation Time (seconds): Sets how long the view is displayed in the slideshow rotation.

Launching the Dashboard

Click "Launch Dashboard" to open the published dashboard URL in a separate browser tab. Each published dashboard will be given its own URL.

Announcement Dashboards

Essembi ships with announcement dashboards in the Team Engagement > Announcements view space. To edit these:

1. Team Engagement > Announcements.
2. Select Customize and then select Customize View.
3. Edit the main picture element in the chart view.
4. Clear out the picture by selecting the 'x' in the field.
5. Upload the new image (PNG or JPG) file; it is best that this is a landscape image with a fairly large resolution.
6. Save.

Hardware Options for TV

Published dashboards can be displayed on any device that has a web browser. Essembi recommends devices that have a built in web browser that enables full screen mode and a home page to be set (typically available on most Smart TVs).

Suggested TV Brands

The following TVs are suggested based on the web browser enabled: Samsung, LG, Amazon Fire TV, Sony, and Hisense. Many TV brands enable a user to be created that can be shared across multiple devices with browser home pages set by default (for example, LG's ThinQ and Samsung's Smart TV Remote apps).

Suggested Plug-In Devices with Web Browsing

The following devices can simplify the setup of published dashboards on a TV or be used to retrofit an old TV that does not have a great built-in web browser: Amazon Fire TV Stick, Roku Devices, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, and NVIDIA Shield TV.

TV Settings

Time Zone Setup

Ensure the TV time setting is in the local time zone as all reports and dashboards show in local browser time.

Screen Saver Disabled

Some TVs have screen saver modes. Ensure these are disabled in the settings, since the TV's browser will be set to a fixed URL and some browsers may otherwise sense that a screen saver should engage.