Horizontal flow rate card with background

Who it’s for

Process engineers, plant operators, and maintenance technicians ask “can I see flow rate status in a compact row layout?” The background variant adds a full-card color signal while keeping the compact horizontal footprint.

What it does

A device reporting flowRate = 22 m³/hr renders the current value in a compact horizontal 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
• Compact horizontal layout fits more pipes or pumps per row than the standard card
• 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 while the horizontal format lets more lines fit in view simultaneously.
• Use this card when you need both a strong visual status signal and a dense multi-line layout — for example, two rows of horizontal background cards covering all flow points in a process area.
• Use consistent operating colors across all flow rate widgets.