Dashboards can be used for real-time monitoring, analysis of past events and much more. The innius platform has been built to integrate with the Grafana dashboard platform, which is widely used throughout industry.
Grafana has a number of advantages:
- Access to an open source library of multiple panels, such as a video panel.
- Access to multiple data plug-ins; making other data sources accessible via dashboards. This allows you to combine real time machine data with data from other sources such as ERP, MMS or other databases.
- Automatically update to always be on the latest version of Grafana.
- The option to run Grafana on-premise.
- Full access to the powerful features of Grafana like templating, alerting, video panels etc.
A basic Grafana account is free. If you wish to upgrade, various pricing plans are available depending on your requirements.
Tip: Don't forget that the innius Insight app features real-time monitoring, reports, rule based notifications, sensor data, KPI data, assigned tasks and more. So think about which tool will work best to achieve each of your goals, the innius Insight app or Grafana.
Tip: You can find lots of guidance to using Grafana here: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud
Getting started with Grafana dashboards
There are 4 steps to getting started with Grafana, which are explained in detail in the following Knowledge Base articles: