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Today we're introducing Reports in Oxstone! Designed as a Word add-in, Reports lets you connect your Oxstone widgets directly into Word, where you have full control over layout and formatting. Build a one-off report or save it as a template with scheduled automatic delivery to users. All reports are also available to view inside Oxstone. This gives our users a powerful and flexible way to create reports. If you'd like to see Reports in action, we'd be happy to walk you through a demo. Reach out to [email protected] to schedule one.

Are you sure your data is up to date? ⏱️ A sensor can show a normal value and still mislead you if that value is three days old. If a battery dies or a connection drops, the data simply stops coming. In Oxstone, you can set a Watchdog for each data source and define how long it can go without reporting. If a logger reports every 10 minutes, you might set a 15-minute limit. When a limit is reached, the data source and its sensors turn purple across maps, layouts, and dashboards. The people responsible can also be notified by email or SMS. Set the limits once, and the rule is simple: No purple? Your data is up to date. To learn more or get started, contact us at [email protected].

Add more context to your alarm notifications 💬 Alarm notifications tell you what happened. Now you can also include information about what to do next. With the latest Oxstone update, you can add a custom message to any alarm and include it directly in both email and SMS notifications. The standard notification already includes the project name, triggered limit, and latest reading. Your custom message adds the context only you can provide, such as instructions, contact details, or site notes. For example: “Level 2 reached. Inform the client and increase reading frequency.” Custom messages can be set for each alarm level and sensor group, helping the right information reach the right people when an alarm is triggered. This has been one of our most requested features, and it’s now available in Oxstone. To learn more or get started, contact us at [email protected]

See what happened before an alarm, right from your inbox 📈 When an alarm triggers, the first question is often the same: What happened in the hours before? Until now, the email notification showed you the sensor, the limit, and the trigger value, but you had to open Oxstone to see the graph. With our upcoming alarm updates, the graph will be included in the email. See the data leading up to the alarm, the warning and alert limits, and the exact point where the alarm was triggered, all from your inbox. In many cases, that’s all you need to decide what to do next. Get the context you need faster and take action sooner, whether you’re at your desk or on your phone. This is one of several alarm updates we’re releasing. We’ll share more over the coming weeks. To learn more or get started, contact us at [email protected].

Set alarm limits with more confidence 📈 Setting the right alarm limits can be difficult without knowing how they compare with your historical data. Alarm limits that are too tight can lead to a flood of alarms that eventually get ignored. With our latest alarm update, you can see warning and alert limits directly against the sensor’s history as you configure them. Oxstone also shows how often those limits would have triggered and how much time the sensor would have spent in alarm, helping you set better thresholds and reduce unnecessary alarms. This is one of several alarm updates we’re releasing this week. To learn more or get started, contact us at [email protected].

📊 Reports are our latest addition to Oxstone, and the response from our users has been great. Here’s how they work. You can now create reports using Microsoft Word with the Oxstone Add-in, giving you the flexibility to use your own logo, headers, footers, fonts, colors, and formatting. Combine your own text and tables with graphs, scatter plots, indicators, and other widgets from Oxstone. Arrange everything in Word to create a report that fits your requirements. When your report is ready, choose the reporting period and set a daily, weekly, or monthly schedule. Select the recipients and whether the report should be delivered as a Word or PDF. Oxstone automatically generates and delivers each report according to your schedule. See it in action below 👇 To learn more or book a demo, contact [email protected].