Flow rate card with background

Who it’s for

Process engineers, plant operators, and maintenance technicians ask “can I see flow rate status at a glance?” The background variant adds a full-card color signal for wall-mounted control room displays.

What it does

A device reporting flowRate = 22 m³/hr renders the current value on a card whose entire background fills with the operating level color: blue for Low (below 10 m³/hr), green for Normal (10–30 m³/hr), orange for Elevated (30–50 m³/hr), and red for High (above 50 m³/hr).

• Full-card background color makes flow rate operating level readable across a room without reading the number
• Live flow rate reading in m³/hr overlaid on the colored background
• Shows one sensor’s data per widget; add multiple widgets to monitor different pipes or pumps side by side

How to set up

Data keys

Key	Role	Type	Description
flowRate	Main value	Timeseries	Flow rate in m³/hr; change the key name to match your device’s telemetry key

The widget ships with a simulated function datasource key labeled Flow rate, so it draws random values until you point the datasource at a device and rename the key.

To point it at your own device: open the dashboard in edit mode, open the widget’s Datasources, pick the entity or entity alias, and replace the function key with the key your device reports.

Value ranges

Range (m³/hr)	Level	Color
0–10	Low	Blue
10–30	Normal	Green
30–50	Elevated	Orange
50+	High	Red

How to customize

• To change the operating thresholds — edit Icon color ranges and Value color ranges; set the same boundaries in both so the icon and the number always agree.
• To change the background colors — edit the background color for each operating band in the widget settings.
• To change the units — change the Units field in the widget settings to match your flow meter’s output.

Tips

• On a control room wall display, the colored background announces flow status from across the room — operators see a green or red card before they read any numbers.
• Use this card when the dashboard is viewed from a distance, such as a mounted monitor in a pump room or utility corridor.
• Use consistent operating colors across all flow rate widgets.