How To Graph Your Room Alert Sensor Data

To begin graphing your sensor data, please follow the instructions below.

1. Log in to your RoomAlert.com Account or Room Alert Manager.
   • You may sign into your Room Alert Account at https://account.roomalert.com/gateway
   • For instructions to access Room Alert Manager, please see our FAQ, How to Open Room Alert Manager’s Web Interface.

2. Select Sensor Data and Reports in the navigation bar to the left.
   
3. This will open the Explore Data page, where you may browse all of your sensors, view their current readings, and graph their historic data.
   
4. This page is made up of two collapsible sections: Graphed Data and Explore Sensor Data.
   • The graph is blank until you begin selecting channels to graph.
5. Scroll to the Explore Sensor Data section of the page.
   
   Here, you’ll find a table containing every sensor channel from all available devices.
   • If a sensor channel is currently associated with one or more triggered alert(s), it gets listed in red.
6. To locate sensors in the table, you may use any combination of the following:
   • Sort alphabetically by sensor name, numerically by total associated alerts, etc.
     
     (Tip: use the display cog button to display different columns in the table.)
   • Search by sensor name.
     
   • Filter by device or channel type.
     
7. Select the  icon beside any channel to add it to the graph.
   
   The channel will then disappear from the Explore Sensor Data table, and get added to the Graph Legend table above. (Select the  icon beside any channel in the Graph Legend table to remove it.)
8. Add as many channels to the graph as you’d like.
9. Choose how much historical data you’d like to view in the graph.
   • In the time-range drop-down menu, you may leave the default (which is Last 6 hours in Room Alert Account, and Last hour in Room Alert Manager) or choose another time period.
   • In our example, we’re choosing Last 5 Days.
     
   • If you would prefer a specific date range, you may instead select the calendar icon and pick start and end dates. Select Apply to apply your date range.
     

11. Now that you’ve graphed your sensors, you may do the following:

• Save your selections as a Data Group.
  • To do so, select Save as a Data Group from the Select Action drop-down menu above the graph.
    
  • For information about accessing your saved Data Groups later on, please see this FAQ: How To Configure Data Groups In Room Alert Account / Manger.
• (Room Alert Manager only) Create an alert from all graphed channels.
  • To do so, select Create an alert from all graphed channels from the Select Action drop-down menu above the graph.
    
  • The New Alert form will open with all of your graphed channels already populated for you. Simply set a threshold for each sensor, and select/configure alert action(s) before saving your new alert. For more information, please see this FAQ: How To Create Alerts In Room Alert Manager.
• Export the graphed sensor data to a CSV file.

View information in the sensor channel tables…

In both the Explore Sensor Data table and Graph Legend table, you may:

• View the sensor channel’s latest reading
  
• View a list of associated alerts
  • Select the number in the Alerts column.
    
  • This will open a window that lists all associated alerts.
    
• Create new alert from channel
  • Select the ellipsis beside the desired channel.
    
  • Then select Create alert from channel…
    
    The New Alert form will open with your selected channels already populated for you. Simply set a threshold and select/configure alert action(s) before saving your new alert. For more information, please see these FAQs: How To Create Alerts In Your RoomAlert.com Account & How To Create Alerts In Room Alert Manager.

Make changes in the graph legend table…

In the Graph Legend table, you may:

• Change the color of sensor channels on your graph
  
• Plot a sensor channel against a second y-axis
  

Manipulate the graph…

You may manipulate your graph by:

• Increasing or decreasing the height of the graph
  
• Hovering your mouse over the graph to view data points
  
• Clicking on the graph and dragging your cursor to zoom in
  

To export your graphed sensor data, please follow the instructions below.

1. Select the CSV download icon above the graph.
   
2. The senor data will download to a .csv document, which you may open with a spreadsheet program or text editor.
   

In Room Alert Manager, the resolution of the data displayed in your graph is determined by the selected time period.

We configured our example graph to include data from the last 5 days. Because this falls within the 12 hours – 7 days time range, our data resolution is 5 minutes.

• This means that rather than displaying every single raw data point on the graph, Room Alert Manager calculates the average readings of data collected during 5 minute intervals.
• Those averages make up the aggregated data, which is what’s plotted on the graph.

If you export your data, the downloaded CSV file will include all raw data points, not the aggregated data.