Profinity dashboard development guide

A Profinity dashboard is a user interface whose values come from Profinity tags. You build and change dashboards in the Visual Editor without writing YAML, and every dashboard is stored as a YAML file that the YAML tab of the editor opens as a fallback. This guide is for people who build dashboards for components, profile home pages and the Dashboard Component.

The dashboard Visual Editor, with the dashboard tree on the left and the inspector on the right. — Dashboard Visual Editor

Where dashboards are used shows where a dashboard appears and holds the starter template.
Build a dashboard in the Visual Editor walks through opening the editor, adding elements, binding tags, saving, and copying a dashboard as a template.
Visual Editor reference describes the dashboard tree, inspector, footer buttons and YAML tab.
Core elements explains the structure of a dashboard.
Data binding describes how to bind tags to components.
Component reference describes each component you can include.
Conditional styling shows how to hide and show elements or change colour based on data.
Store dashboard files in a profile explains where images, stylesheets, and content files go.
Motor controller dashboard example analyses a complete dashboard for a WaveSculptor22 motor controller, and includes a download of that YAML.
Troubleshooting guide and the Frequently asked questions cover validation errors, binding problems and common questions.

To build a first dashboard step by step, refer to How to create a custom dashboard.