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User interfaces, Trends and Reports for every purpose and device.
User Interfaces
All the available options for visualizing WinCC OA.
UI Client
Fully fledged user interfaces, that provided advanced capabilities compared to the view-only light user interfaces.
Dashboard
The WinCC OA Dashboard is designed to address the evolving needs of modern automation, and leverages the latest web standards to deliver a flexible and user-friendly environment for visualization and interaction with project data. This enables the user to create individual Dashboards that provide quick insights into the current state of their systems.
Basic Configuration
The Following steps must be taken to set up the Dashboard within a WinCC OA project:

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Data Visualization
User interfaces, Trends and Reports for every purpose and device.
- User Interfaces
  All the available options for visualizing WinCC OA.
  - UI Client
    Fully fledged user interfaces, that provided advanced capabilities compared to the view-only light user interfaces.
    - User Interface (VISION)
      The basic user interface client for WinCC OA.
    - Desktop UI
      The WinCC OA Desktop UI is a stand-alone remote UI client of WinCC OA.
    - ULC UX
    - Dashboard
      The WinCC OA Dashboard is designed to address the evolving needs of modern automation, and leverages the latest web standards to deliver a flexible and user-friendly environment for visualization and interaction with project data. This enables the user to create individual Dashboards that provide quick insights into the current state of their systems.
      - Requirements and Licensing
        This chapter gives an overview of the necessary Requirements and Licensing details for the Dashboard.
      - Basic Configuration
        The Following steps must be taken to set up the Dashboard within a WinCC OA project:
      - Advanced Configuration
        The Following configuration settings are optional and should not be addressed for a basic setup of the Dashboard. They allow extended customization for advanced users or to address specifics of the plant's network configuration.
      - Login Options
        This chapter gives an overview of the available login options.
      - Dashboard Overview
        The Dashboard Overview is the central navigation view. It opens directly after Dashboard/topics/Dashboard_Overview_login.html and shows the general navigation and an overview of all Dashboards.
      - Widgets
        Widgets are the building blocks of the WinCC OA Dashboard, offering a comprehensive and flexible way to monitor and interact with project data.
      - Example Gauge Dashboard
        This example guides you through creating a Dashboard showing a Gauge widget.
    - Remote UI
  - UI Light
    User interfaces intended to provide a quick and easy visualization option for your KPIs.
- System Overview
  A panel for the diagnostics of a WinCC OA system.
- Alert and Event Screen (AEScreen)
  The alert and event panel (AEpanel) in WinCC OA is a standard panel and allows displaying alerts and events in table format.
- Variable Trend
  A set of panels and scripts used for the simplified display of trend curves and trend groups (up to 16 trend curves).
- Standard Symbols (STD_Symbols)
  Symbol library consisting of graphics objects for the quick display and design of system diagrams.
- Standard Object Library
  The WinCC OA Standard Object Library (in short: Stdlib) is a base framework that facilitates the creation and use of WinCC OA Libraries. The Stdlib provides templates for creating WinCC OA Libraries and offers a vast range of functions that make the use of a WinCC OA Library in a WinCC OA project easier.
Southbound Interfaces
The process connection to the actual machines/sensors.
Northbound Interfaces
Your portal to the cloud or supervising systems.
Web Connectivity / Network Interfaces
Data exchange, APIs and web technologies
User Management
All about authorization, authentication and login-customization.
Availability
How to get your system uptime to the maximum.
Reporting
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Useful tools and enhancements for special demands.
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Detailed and extensive content for special project adaptation.
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Basic Configuration

The Following steps must be taken to set up the Dashboard within a WinCC OA project:

Create a new Standard Project or use an existing project.
Ensure that the webclient_http.ctl script is running in your project. This script starts the web server that is required for the Dashboard to operate.
Important:
The webclient_http.ctl script must always be running in the project to use the Dashboard. A Standard Project includes this script automatically. If you use an existing project, you may have to add a CTRL manager with the parameter webclient_http.ctl manually. See Web Server Script (webclient_http.ctl) for details.
Within the project console, add a new CTRL manager with the following manager parameter:
```
dashboard.ctl
```
Start the project and the new CTRL manager.
The Dashboard back end is now running and can be accessed via a web browser under the following URL:
```
https://localhost/data/dashboard-wc/index.html
```
Log in using a standard user or your own user that you created during the project creation process.