Getting Started

This guide walks you through creating your first dashboard on Control Seat.

Step 1: Create A Project

After signing in, create a new project. Projects are containers for your dashboards — you might use one per facility, site, or team.

Inside your project, create a new page. This is your dashboard canvas.

Use the drag-and-drop editor to add blocks to your canvas:

You can also type a description and let AI generate the dashboard for you.

Control Seat uses tags as the universal data layer. Tags are named values that update in real time.

Create tags in the tag system (e.g., default/temperature, default/pump/speed)
Connect tags to data sources — PostgreSQL, MySQL, InfluxDB, Prometheus, REST APIs, or manual values
Bind block properties to tags — any property on any block can be driven by live data

Once bound, your dashboard updates automatically as tag values change.

For custom behavior, you have two options:

Flows — visual rules and automations, no code required for most tasks (e.g., "email ops when pump temp > 180", "post every alarm to Slack"). See the Flows docs.
Scripts — when you need code:
- Binding scripts — transform tag values before they reach a block (e.g., convert units, set colors based on thresholds)
- Page scripts — custom JavaScript that runs on the page (e.g., subscribe to tags, update multiple blocks)
- Gateway scripts — server-side automation (e.g., alarms, webhooks, scheduled reports)

See the Scripting docs for details and examples.

When your dashboard is ready, publish it. You'll get a URL that anyone with access can open to see the live dashboard.