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  • April 9, 2026
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I am making a dashboard where I want to show the most critical values of the plant. For every tile I want to make conditions to make it green if good and red if bad. I want to use flexible borders based on a tag. For example the maximum temperature of a vessel depends on the product we make. So I want to make the conditions for making the temperature of the vessel green or red dependent on a separate tag that changes when the product changes. The conditions in the dashboard should therefore be dependent on another tag, not a fixed value. Is this possible?

Best answer by yracette

I have raised the question of having color thresholds tied to other tags/components on Current Value tiles during our onboarding. And I just formalized it as a Product Idea.

There is no easy or elegant workaround that I can think of but if I really had to do this and draw the attention to my temperature Current Value tile on a dashboard, I believe I would use another Current Value tile tied to the formula tag with a green/red threshold and place it right on top or underneath my temperature tile and using the minimum fields allowed by the tools/tiles. Ideally, the formula tag value would not even appear and there would be a much smaller grid/size to pick from for the highlighting tile.

 

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Pelinsu
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  • April 9, 2026

Hello,

In TrendMiner, DashHub tile thresholds are currently static (numeric only). However, the standard best practice for your requirement is to move the logic from the dashboard to the tag level.

Here is how you can set it up:

1. Create a Formula Tag: Open Tag Builder and create a formula that compares your vessel temperature with your dynamic product limit tag.

Formula: IF(temperature > limit_tag, 1, 0)

Reference: TrendMiner Tag Builder: Formula Guide (Check "Example 1" in the documentation for similar logic).

2. Configure the DashHub Tile:
•  Add a Current Value Tile using this new calculated "Status Tag".
•  In the tile settings, use Conditional Formatting:
If value is 1, set background to Red.
If value is 0, set background to Green.

This way, whenever the product changes (and the $limit_tag updates), your dashboard tile will automatically reflect the correct status without any manual intervention.

I hope it helps for your question, let me know if you need more information.

Kind Regards,
 


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  • April 9, 2026

Hi Pelinsu,

 

Thank you for your response! This helps in getting a green or red screen, but unfortunatly I cannot view the actual temperature this way. Do you know if ‘flexible’ thresholds on the DashHub tiles will be an option in the future?

 

Kind regards

 

Toon


yracette
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  • April 10, 2026

I have raised the question of having color thresholds tied to other tags/components on Current Value tiles during our onboarding. And I just formalized it as a Product Idea.

There is no easy or elegant workaround that I can think of but if I really had to do this and draw the attention to my temperature Current Value tile on a dashboard, I believe I would use another Current Value tile tied to the formula tag with a green/red threshold and place it right on top or underneath my temperature tile and using the minimum fields allowed by the tools/tiles. Ideally, the formula tag value would not even appear and there would be a much smaller grid/size to pick from for the highlighting tile.

 


Pelinsu
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  • April 10, 2026

Great suggestion, ​@yracette  Thank you so much for sharing your workaround with the Community.

Actually, to address your last point about making the formula tag value disappear, there is good news! In our latest 2026.R1.0 version, we introduced labels for current value tiles.

@BESIMOTO You can find Yves’s product idea link here and give your vote : 


Additionally, we will have hands-on training sessions at TrendLab 2026 where we’ll explore these new dashboard capabilities in detail. I highly recommend joining us at the event to learn, discuss your ideas with peers, and connect with our team in person. It would be great to see you there! More info: https://community.trendminer.com/p/trendlab


yracette
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  • April 14, 2026

Pelinsu,

Thank you so much for the kind words and for following through these ideas and suggestions. 

I very much enjoyed my participation to TrendLab 2025. it was a great opportunity to learn and share. I will be retiring early July and moving back to Quebec City, Canada and will unfortunately miss TrendLab 2026. At almost 69 years of age, I need to pass the torch. I have already signaled to my supervisors and to system administrators that they should seriously send my replacement to TrendLab 2026 along with our system adminstrator.


Pelinsu
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  • April 17, 2026

@yracette Congratulations on a remarkable career! It’s bittersweet to hear you won't be with us at TrendLab 2026. It has been an honor working with you, and we wish you the very best in your retirement and your move back to Quebec. Thank you for recommending TrendLab 2026 to your colleagues, we will make sure to welcome them warmly. It's the best place for them to pick up new skills through trainings and use cases, and we’d love to have the chance to meet them and get to know them in person at the event.


yracette
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  • April 17, 2026

Pelinsu, 

Very many thanks for the so kind words and your outstanding support throughout the months. You are exceptional and a blessing for this Community site. Please keep going. I will officially retire early July but will try my best to continue to be active until then. I will certainly recommend again that my colleagues attend TrendLab 2026.and I am sure they will appreciate it.