Optimizing RTPPM KPI Dashboard for 42-Inch Display Without Excess White Space

[BharathanLTI]

The Plant site is looking to display the RTPPM KPI dashboard on a 42-inch screen in a production environment. However, the current layout leaves a lot of unused white space, which makes it less effective for large-screen visibility.

Is there a way to:

• Adjust the layout or resolution to better utilize the screen space?
• Enable a full-screen or wallboard mode?
• Customize the dashboard view to show more data or machine statuses in a compact format?

Any suggestions, configuration tips, or examples from similar setups would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

[mstarnaud · Accepted solution]

Hi Bharatan

The RTPPM screens are responsive, meaning they should adapt to your screen size. At least to some extent.

Looking at the screenshot, I can see small gaps at the top and on each side of the screen, And at the bottom too, but this is because you can add more equipments to the list. There's also a gap between the name and the OEE%, but that's to handle long names. Which of those gaps would you want to remove or change?

As for being full screen, pressing F11 on your keyboard should make that browser tab full screen. The whole tab (including the header with the filters & username) will stay in the screen. I believe if you set the specific Mashup (KPI Dashboard) in the URL, it will remove the top header. Like this : http://SERVER_NAME:8080/Thingworx/Runtime/index.html?mashup=PTC.SCA.SCO.RTKPIOverviewContainerMashup.

One possibility is to change the Mashup(s). To do this : 

- Find the main Mashup, the main one that covers the whole screen and is in the menu. That should be PTC.SCA.SCO.RTKPIOverviewContainerMashup.

- Duplicate that Mashup.

- Modify the menu tables in the database. Check this documentation for more details. You can create a new menu item for this duplicated Mashup, so people can still access the original and the big TV can access the duplicated one. You can even limit it to a new user group that only the TV's user will have, so your regular users won't access the modified one. I expect you will need to add 1 entry in the Menu and MenuContextLink tables.

- The main Mashup contains another Mashup : PTC.SCA.SCO.RTKPIOverviewMashup. This one should also be duplicated, and in the first one change the reference so it contains the new duplicated one. That will need to be repeated for further contained Mashups, notably PTC.SCA.SCO.RTKPIOverviewMainMashup.

- Use the Designer to modify your duplicated Mashups to achieve the desired visual result. For example you might want to make the Margin property smaller on some widgets.

Remember that it's best to not modify the original Mashups, as it would affect the out-of-the-box behaviour and also risk being overwritten/lost in future updates. This is why I always suggest creating duplicates and modify the duplicates.

Let us know if this helps you and if you have further questions.

[slangley]

Hi @BharathanLTI 

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