07.25.06
How FM Web Central Dashboard Looks Like
In our previous post, we discussed about a dashboard and it’s function in the context of software usage. Basically, a software is a dashboard tool or we could call it a reporting tool to make sure that the right information is feeded to the end user. Our main product ARCHIBUS/FM is available in a web-based version and it seems to be the next preferable tool option for Facilities Management. Here’s how the ARCHIBUS FM Web Central Dashboard looks like:
(Click on the image above to have a better look of the enlarged one)
By using just an Internet Explorer browser, this dashboard basically tells you about Geographic Operations and Maintenance. The main significant of this dashboard is the skyview image of the place. It can also be integrated with the ever popular Google Earth (maybe Google Map too) but you don’t really need that. Google Earth requires a lot of computing power on a decent computer. Anything less would just slows the PC down. Unfortunately, the system doesn’t work on the latest Mozilla FireFox Browser so the loading of the page is much slower. It also uses ActiveX components. Still, the layout looks nice. It can also be customized according to your preference, however a competent programmer should be able to customize the layout. You can’t really do it yourself since the design code is a bit tricky but that would be because of the security purposes I guess.
The layout could be optimized for a better view if embeded with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) but normally the user is more interested in the value of the data instead of the software looks. Overall, the dashboard looks pretty nice, neat and tidy.
