Buildings Explorer

Overview‍

The Buildings Explorer is the central hub for interacting with building data in Onboard. Designed for speed, flexibility, and clarity, it offers a seamless way to navigate between buildings, equipment, and points, all within a single interface. It enables quick visual analysis of system performance, drift, and potential faults.

Key Components

The Explorer Page is structured around four main tabs, each designed to progressively narrow and deepen the view of building data:

Buildings Tab: Displays all buildings associated with your account. Use this as your starting point to select one or more buildings whose live data you want to view.
Equipment Tab: Shows all equipment such as HVAC systems & meters within the selected building(s). Filters allow users to refine by equipment name, type or point status.
Points Tab: Lists individual live points (sensors, setpoints, states) associated with the selected equipment.
Trends Tab: Visualizes both live and historical time-series data for the selected points.

Navigating the Explorer

Start on the Buildings Page – Select one or more buildings you want to explore.
Go to the Equipment Tab – Choose the equipment you’d like to review. Apply filters to quickly narrow down to the relevant systems.
Open the Points Tab – Select the telemetry points you want to view or analyze.
Head to the Trends Tab – Instantly visualize your selected points, with real-time and historical trend lines available at a glance.

💡 Tip: Once you’ve made your selections, you can bookmark the page URL. Returning to that bookmark will open the same configuration instantly.

Notes

Data Source: The Explorer surfaces equipment and point data published from Onboard’s Staging Interface.
Performance: Selection is restricted to 10 buildings to maintain speed and responsiveness.
Access Control: Visibility of data is determined by the user’s assigned permissions.