The Fleet Dashboard
The dashboard is Beacon's landing page. It exists to answer one question quickly — is my fleet reporting? — and then to help you find the monitors that aren't.
The Fleet Filter
Everything on the dashboard responds to the Fleet Filter at the top. Set it once and every figure, chart, and table below reflects your choice.
| Option | What it scopes to |
|---|---|
| All Fleets (Combined) | Every monitor you have access to |
| Manufacturers | One sensor manufacturer's devices |
| Cohorts | One of the groups you created in Vertex |
A badge appears next to the filter whenever one is active, so you always know the numbers are scoped.
Filtering by manufacturer is the fastest way to answer whether one vendor's hardware is performing differently from the rest of your fleet — useful when you're deciding what to buy next.
Headline Figures
Four cards sit across the top.
| Card | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Current Status | The fleet's status right now |
| Average Online Rate | The share of devices transmitting, as a percentage |
| Incidents (14d) | Warning and critical incidents raised in the last two weeks |
| Active Fleet Count | How many monitors are currently operational |
Each card's title names the fleet it's reporting on — (Combined) when unfiltered, or the manufacturer's name when filtered — so a screenshot of the dashboard is never ambiguous about scope.
Uptime Trend
Below the cards, the Uptime Trend chart plots performance over time so you can tell a one-off outage from a slow decline. A fleet that has been drifting down for a fortnight needs a different response from one that dropped off a cliff yesterday.
Alongside it, a per-device breakdown lists each monitor's online percentage, colour-coded so the poor performers stand out without reading numbers.
Uptime Detail Table
A table gives the same picture in precise terms, with a row per fleet showing:
- Online % (Offline %)
- Total Devices
Use this when you need exact figures to quote rather than a visual impression.
Comparing Fleets
Switch to the comparison view to rank fleets against each other. A toggle chooses what you're comparing:
- Manufacturer Breakdown — compare sensor manufacturers.
- Cohort Breakdown — compare your own groups.
The comparison surfaces:
| Panel | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Total Deployed | How many monitors are in each fleet |
| Best Performing | The fleet with the strongest uptime |
| Needs Attention | The fleet with the weakest |
| Offline Rate Comparison | Offline rates side by side |
| Uptime Range (Min–Max) | The spread within each fleet |
The Uptime Range column is worth dwelling on. A fleet averaging 90% might be ten monitors all at 90%, or nine at 99% and one dead. The range tells you which, and that distinction changes what you do next.
Troubleshooting
The numbers look wrong
Problem: Device counts or percentages don't match what you expect.
Solution: Check the Fleet Filter first — a filter left in place from an earlier session scopes everything on the page. Then confirm in Vertex that recently added monitors were assigned to a cohort, because an ungrouped monitor won't appear under any cohort filter.
A fleet shows "No data available"
Problem: You picked a manufacturer or cohort and the dashboard is empty.
Solution: That fleet has no monitors reporting in the selected window. Confirm in Vertex that the cohort actually contains devices and that they've been deployed — a registered but undeployed monitor has no site and produces no readings.
What's Next
- Device Details — Open a single monitor and inspect it.
- Alerts — Work through what the dashboard flagged.
- Health Metrics Explained — What uptime, online rate, and incidents actually measure.