# What are some interesting tags to put in a Gateway Dashboard? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [October 21, 2024, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-are-some-interesting-tags-to-put-in-a-gateway-dashboard/97538 "2024-10-21T09:24:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Alaco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alejandro_alaco/32/59849_2.png) [@Alejandro\_Alaco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Alaco)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-are-some-interesting-tags-to-put-in-a-gateway-dashboard/97538/1 "2024-10-21T09:24:51Z")
Hello! IΒ΄m doing a dashboard to show some data from gateway tags. What tags from Gateway would users be interested to look at? Any suggestions or ideas are welcome. This is what I have for now: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/b/b/bb42c36232d2606154ee230016626f0396f829ce.png) ---
**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-are-some-interesting-tags-to-put-in-a-gateway-dashboard/97538/2 "2024-10-21T11:51:29Z")
I would write a small script to convert the uptime seconds to a readable elapsed time showing days, hours, minutes, and seconds. What about device connections? Do you have it on a separate page? If not, it wouldn't hurt to show the status of all those connections also. ---
**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Alaco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alejandro_alaco/32/59849_2.png) [@Alejandro\_Alaco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Alaco)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-are-some-interesting-tags-to-put-in-a-gateway-dashboard/97538/3 "2024-10-21T11:59:41Z")
Thanks Michael for your ideas, I will work on formating the Uptime seconds. Also I am adding to the dashboard the devices connected ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/b/b/bb9df08aae427e0f8082c07c5d661948a49018b0.png) I added an icon and binded the prop.color to the status value ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/5/9/590730d819d6e515d9b3017475f2492e2d905aef.png) ---
**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-are-some-interesting-tags-to-put-in-a-gateway-dashboard/97538/4 "2024-10-21T12:03:04Z")
I would change this to a mapping transform instead of a script transform. Make it with only 1 value of "Connected" and the fallback, and you can then even select a color for the mapped value so you can pick the exact shade you want from the dialog. This should also be faster and more efficient in terms of performance. ---
**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Alaco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alejandro_alaco/32/59849_2.png) [@Alejandro\_Alaco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Alaco)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 12:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-are-some-interesting-tags-to-put-in-a-gateway-dashboard/97538/5 "2024-10-21T12:05:26Z")
Never used Mapping transform, thanks Michael, I wil try. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/b/eb89c1731ae0d0584095ff26e736655d3af9ee80.png) ---
**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-are-some-interesting-tags-to-put-in-a-gateway-dashboard/97538/6 "2024-10-21T12:11:54Z")
Change the output Type from Value to Color ---
**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Alaco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alejandro_alaco/32/59849_2.png) [@Alejandro\_Alaco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Alaco)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-are-some-interesting-tags-to-put-in-a-gateway-dashboard/97538/7 "2024-10-21T12:12:47Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/5/c5fa50c9389d25bc85daa4d8ea09ef3f0f266df3.png) ah, great! ---
**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-are-some-interesting-tags-to-put-in-a-gateway-dashboard/97538/8 "2024-10-21T12:35:55Z")
Or, better, change it back to value and use the theme colors, `--success` and `--error`. (I can't remember if you need `var(--success)` in this case.) Of course, you are using theme colors everywhere else, aren't you? πŸ™ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Alaco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alejandro_alaco/32/59849_2.png) [@Alejandro\_Alaco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Alaco)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-are-some-interesting-tags-to-put-in-a-gateway-dashboard/97538/9 "2024-10-21T12:39:47Z")
Yes! IΒ΄m using corporative colors elsewhere so itΒ΄s looking formal and corporative. Thanks Transistor! πŸ‘ For example, this is one of the filter panels IΒ΄m using ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/8/d/8df9e8d547cc653066fbe4337a64310fa1444f27.png) ---
**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-are-some-interesting-tags-to-put-in-a-gateway-dashboard/97538/10 "2024-10-21T14:01:45Z")
Too many colors! - What should I think when I see a purple panel? A green panel? etc.? - Two shades of orange - one on the title bar (#FB5E22) and another on Filtrar button (#FF7900). - Checkbox color (theme default) not consistent with Filtrar button. πŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Alaco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alejandro_alaco/32/59849_2.png) [@Alejandro\_Alaco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Alaco)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-are-some-interesting-tags-to-put-in-a-gateway-dashboard/97538/11 "2024-10-21T14:07:47Z")
Yes, you right, the checkbox are on the guidelines, and the 2 shades of orange, you got me. Will change those! πŸ˜„ apart form that I like many colors on different panels πŸ™‚ πŸ˜Άβ€πŸŒ«οΈ ---
**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-are-some-interesting-tags-to-put-in-a-gateway-dashboard/97538/12 "2024-10-21T14:19:01Z")
idk how you selected your colors, but might be a good idea to look at something like this if you want lots of colors. if you havent already [https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel](https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel) ---
**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Alaco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alejandro_alaco/32/59849_2.png) [@Alejandro\_Alaco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Alaco)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-are-some-interesting-tags-to-put-in-a-gateway-dashboard/97538/13 "2024-10-21T14:23:28Z")
Thanks @victordcq , those are company colors guidelanes, aniways as Transistor sugest I will use them more safely. Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-are-some-interesting-tags-to-put-in-a-gateway-dashboard/97538/14 "2024-10-21T14:31:06Z")
If the company has such a big pallet, than it might be a good idea to replace all theme colors with them. For example the checkbox could be the "company light blue" instead of the default blue. or the green enabled displays. I guess. This 7 is kinda hard to read, you shouldnt use dark backgrounds behind greyish letters. Keep the letters black and/or use a different blackground ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/7/1706386f4d2d282998a6a9d9d42d0d85ff981d6f.png) But i dont really know anything about colors xd ---
**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-are-some-interesting-tags-to-put-in-a-gateway-dashboard/97538/15 "2024-10-21T14:34:14Z")
> [@Alejandro\_Alaco](#): > > I like many colors on different panels πŸ™‚ But they should _mean_ something (or be part of a company branding)! Otherwise it looks like a child got hold of a box of eye-shadow colors and went mad! They are a visual distraction. It takes the user several seconds to go, "Colors! - what do they mean? - I can't see a pattern - there isn't one, is there - no, I don't think so - OK, try to ignore the colors!" ---
**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Alaco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alejandro_alaco/32/59849_2.png) [@Alejandro\_Alaco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Alaco)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-are-some-interesting-tags-to-put-in-a-gateway-dashboard/97538/16 "2024-10-21T14:43:04Z")
πŸ˜„ πŸ‘ yep, will try improve those, not mucha about panels in the guidelines but propably using plain grey for all is good idea. ---
**Author:** ![DNice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@DNice](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DNice)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-are-some-interesting-tags-to-put-in-a-gateway-dashboard/97538/17 "2024-10-21T15:03:10Z")
One tag that I created and is quite useful for my (global) project is number of perspective clients. I create a tag that is populated 1/min with a script of `tagVal = system.perspective.getSessionInfo()` We have a lot of users so I want to make sure we have enough hardware resources to accomodate. Another thing I look at often is error/warnings from the GW log. _Especially_ the logs that my (broken) scripts create. ---
**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Alaco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alejandro_alaco/32/59849_2.png) [@Alejandro\_Alaco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Alaco)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-are-some-interesting-tags-to-put-in-a-gateway-dashboard/97538/18 "2024-10-21T15:07:00Z")
Thanks a lot DNice, I will include those, very helpful!