---
title: "Data Analytics"
type: module
sources:
  - areas/data_analytics/index.md
related:
  - modules/labor-management.md
  - modules/aps3d.md
  - concepts/transactions.md
  - concepts/warehouse-designer.md
last_compiled: "2026-04-10"
---

# Data Analytics

## Overview

The Data Analytics module provides a business intelligence (BI) platform integrated into Easy WMS. It enables users to create custom dashboards with widgets displaying real-time and consolidated warehouse KPIs, share dashboards across teams, and configure metric-driven alarms.

The module is architected around **metrics groups** (data collection rules), **widgets** (individual visualizations), and **dashboards** (composed views). Standard pre-built dashboards are available for Easy WMS, Labor Management, and APS3D.

## Key capabilities

- Real-time and consolidated metric groups (hourly history vs. current snapshot)
- Widget library: 50+ widget types covering shipping, receiving, inventory, locations, equipment
- Custom dashboard creation: drag-and-drop widget placement, grouping, and filters
- Dashboard sharing/publishing: share dashboards to specific user groups or departments
- Pre-built dashboards: standard dashboards for logistics best practices (Easy WMS, LMS, APS3D)
- Metric group management: enable/disable updates, change schedule
- Alarms: configure alerts per widget, delivered in-widget or by email
- Multi-device: PC, unattended screens (cyclic display), and mobile phones
- Developer extension: metric groups created via EasyBuilder; dashboards created via SmartUI

## Architecture

### Data model

```
Metric groups (definition + update script + frequency + purge period)
    → Metrics (calculated values)
        → Widgets (visualization components)
            → Dashboards (composed views)
                → Published dashboards (shared with user groups)
```

### Metric group types

| Type | Update frequency | Data retention |
|------|-----------------|----------------|
| Consolidated | Hours | Full history (purged after configured period) |
| Real-time | Minutes | Only latest value (no history) |

**Metric gatherer service**: background service that executes update scripts on schedule and handles history purging.

### Widget categories (by business process)
Widgets are classified by:
- **Business process**: Shipping, Receiving, Locations, Inventory, Labor, etc.
- **Display type**: area chart, curve area, stacked area, 100% stacked, tab, trend tab, ring chart, pie chart, bar chart, stacked bar, line chart, curved line, tree map, dynamic table

Real-time widgets display current operational status. Consolidated widgets display historical performance trends.

### Standard dashboards per module

| Module | Available dashboards |
|--------|---------------------|
| Easy WMS | Shipping performance, Shipping service level, Shipping statistics, Receiving, Inventory, etc. |
| Labor Management | Productivity, efficiency, utilization per operator/team/shift |
| APS3D | Shuttle utilization, channel occupancy, order throughput |

### Publishing model
Any user can create personal dashboards. Publishing makes a dashboard available to a specific group of users (appears in their menu). Creators distribute dashboards without others needing to rebuild them.

## Configuration

### Metric group management (PC — Data Analytics menu)
- View all metric groups with current schedule and enabled status
- Enable/disable metric updates per group
- Change update schedule
- Metric group definitions require EasyBuilder (developer access)

### Dashboard creation and design
1. Access Dashboards view (Data Analytics menu)
2. Create new dashboard → enter basic info (name, description)
3. Enter design mode: select and arrange widgets from catalog
4. Apply filters and configure groupings
5. Save and optionally publish to user groups

### Alarm configuration
Per widget:
- Set threshold values for KPI breaches
- Configure delivery: in-widget alert and/or email
- Multiple alarms per widget supported

## Operations

### Dashboard display modes
- **PC**: standard interactive dashboard with drill-down and filter capabilities
- **Unattended screen**: cyclic display of widgets on large monitors (warehouse floor screens)
- **Mobile phone**: responsive widget display for managers on the move

### Slotting heat map (cross-module)
When the Slotting module is installed, the warehouse 2D map enables a **location heat map** showing picking activity intensity. This is powered by Data Analytics metrics for activity per location.

## Related

- [[labor-management]] — LMS provides the data for Labor Management standard dashboards
- [[aps3d]] — APS3D shuttle and channel data available as widgets in Data Analytics
- [[transactions]] — Transaction data feeds consolidated metric calculations
- [[warehouse-designer]] — Warehouse 2D heat map (Slotting-powered) visible in Warehouse Designer