Using hierarchies in other applications

You can use hierarchies in the following Power Monitoring Expert (PME) applications:

• Dashboards
• Reports
• Trends

In the Dashboards application, you can use hierarchies in the gadget data series selector to select data from a source based on its location in the hierarchy. Selecting a hierarchy View allows you to group device data at different aggregation points in the hierarchy. For example, it is possible to create a dashboard that depicts the energy usage of a single floor in a building as a single data series even though there are multiple meters monitoring different circuits.

You can also use hierarchies in several of the reports available in the Reports application. You can use the source selector for these reports to select items from the hierarchy to include in the report. As in the Dashboards application, a hierarchy View groups device data at different aggregation points, which are then displayed in a report. In addition to the default reports, hierarchies can also be used in custom reports that have been created for use in different solutions.

You can use hierarchies in the Trends application to select data from a source based on its location in the hierarchy.