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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 Light
User interfaces intended to provide a quick and easy visualization option for your KPIs.
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.
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.
Diagnosis Overview
The Diagnosis Overview page gives information about the current dashboard related status.

Version Information
Release Notes, Update information, Certifications and Frequently Asked Questions.
Concepts
Your first step into modern and powerful process visualization.
Deployment
Topics you need to know before using WinCC OA.
Security
Go beyond the norm in cybersecurity.
Engineering
Powerful tools for easy or complex engineering tasks.
Data Management
Classify, structure and archive your data.
Business Logic / Control
Endless possibilities in data processing for your projects.
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.
  - UI Light
    User interfaces intended to provide a quick and easy visualization option for your KPIs.
    - 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.
        Diagnosis Overview
        The Diagnosis Overview page gives information about the current dashboard related status.
      - 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.
    - Mobile UI Application
- 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
Create state of the art project reports without limits.
Addons
Useful tools and enhancements for special demands.
Reference Tables
Detailed and extensive content for special project adaptation.
Videos & Tutorials
Explore the capabilities of WinCC OA with our carefully selected collection of video tutorials and guides.
Documentation
Basic information about terms and functions within the documentation.
Support & Services
An experienced team of support agents, consultants and trainers are ready to facilitate active partnerships with our customers, so they can profit from our comprehensive service.
Disclaimer
A brief clarification of liability exclusions or legal notices.

Diagnosis Overview

The Diagnosis Overview page gives information about the current dashboard related status.

The page can be accessed via the

button below in the sidebar. When logged in, it is also available by replacing

/dashboard

in the address for the Dashboard Overview with:

/status

Figure 1. Diagnosis Page

Time

This area displays the local browser time and server backend time for easy analysis of time-differences.

Licenses

This area provides information about the remaining available Dashboard licenses and mobile Licenses for both full and mobile Dashboard access. This overview enables an effective management of license usage.

WinCC OA Information

This area provides information about the current WinCC OA Version used in the product and the available project languages. This information is critical for quickly analyzing compatibility issues.

Connection Status

This zone shows the connection status to the WebSocket server. This contains the API-URL, WebSocket connection status and the last heartbeat time. They provide a quick overview of the current connection state via the last received signal from the server. The connection status and heartbeat are only available when logged in.

Browser

This area lists the currently used browser version and OS information for the machine the Dashboard is running on. This information is essential for keeping track of updates and other potential compatibility issues.

Service Worker

If a Service Worker is used for High Availability, this section of the diagnostics page appears. Here, the current state of the connection via the Service Worker, the scope of the initial HTTP server connection, and the clients currently connected to the Service Worker are displayed. The last cache time indicates when this information was last retrieved. In the case of a redirect through the configured load balancing, the proxy field shows the address of the current connection.

Memory

This section displays the current memory usage on the Server. High memory usage may indicate a performance loss for the Dashboard. This information is only available when logged in.

Disk Space

This section displays the currently used disk space on the server. A low disk space may mean no more Dashboards can be created. This information is only available when logged in.