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Register for an Oceans 2.0 account & get more features

  • You can view public dashboards without logging in, but you need an account authorization to create, customize and share your own.


What are they?

Dashboards are a way to view a collection of data on a single web page. There are two types:

Public DashboardsPrivate Dashboards (currently not available)
  • Viewable by anyone
  • Created and shared published by someone with an authorized Oceans 2.0 accountusers
    (Contact Ocean Networks Canada to request authorization to create a public dashboard.)
  • Viewable only by the person who created them
  • Must be logged in to create and configure

What's included?

Dashboards can include the following types of data "widgets":

  • hydrophone audio clips
  • pre-generated plots
    • images
    Widget TypeWhat it displaysStatus
    AudioHydrophone audio clipsImplemented for mp3 only
    ChartInteractive plots of scalar valuesFunctional
    Data PlayerTimeline of stitched together hydrophone spectrograms or Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler dataIn development
    Data PreviewPre-generated plots from Oceans 2.0 Data PreviewFunctional
    Image

    Images from anywhere on the Web

  • interactive plots
  • numerical instrument readings
  • text
  • video clips from ONC's shore-based and underwater cameras

    		• Functional
    Interactive PlotInteractive saved plots from Oceans 2.0 Plotting UtilityFunctional
    Latest Readings

    Numerical instrument readings

    		Functional
    TextFormatted text including headers and body textFunctional
    User Defined TasksDisplays results of a task or routine defined within Oceans 2.0 Sandbox environmentIn development
    VideoPlays video clips from on-shore and underwater camerasFunctional

    Why are these useful?

    Dashboards are a 1-stop place to see collections of related information and data. This makes the latest data and recordings available at a single click. They are a great way to keep tabs on an underwater location of interest or get a snapshot of latest readings from an experiment. 

    How to use Dashboards



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    title1. Dashboards: Browse Existing

    Step 1: Browse Existing Dashboards

    When you visit https://data.oceannetworks.ca/Dashboards, a list shows all available dashboards. This includes Public Dashboards and, if you are logged in, your Private Dashboards (Private Dashboards currently unavailable).

    Choose a dashboard from the list.

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    Step 2: View a Dashboard

    When you open a dashboard, you can view the various data displays called "widgets". Example: Kitamaat Village Community Observatory Dashboard.

    Click play buttons on videos and audio clips to start playback, click column headers to sort listed items.

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    Step 3: Create your own Dashboard.

    If you have an Oceans 2.0 account and are logged inhave been granted authorization, you can create a dashboard. 

    Click Add Dashboard to start. 

    Watch the Demo Video.

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    How to find Device IDs?

    The full list of available device codes and device IDs is available here:



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    title4. Dashboards: Make Public

    Step 4: Share your Dashboard.

    From https://data.oceannetworks.ca/Dashboards, click Make Public under the 3-dot menu. You can only do this for dashboards you have created. Once Public, you can choose Make Private to hide your dashboard.


    Use the dashboard URL to share with others.

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