FAQs – PRISM

The URL is: https://www.adsprism.com .

Yes. Go to http://www.adsenv.com/video-library.

You will get the best user experience viewing PRISM with Google Chrome or Firefox .

Yes. If you have the appropriate user permission, click on USERS under the ADMIN tab. Then choose the Add New User icon in the lower left.

Yes, in the PRISM login area, enter your User Name and click on ƒ Forgot Passwordƒ . You will be prompted to enter your User Name or an Email address. Click the ƒ Iƒ m not a robotƒ  and answer the question; then click RESET.

Yes. You can set a customer as your Favorite so that each time you log in to PRISM that customer will be the one to display. To do this, choose your user name from the upper right corner of the PRISM window and then User Preferences . Select the customer you wish to be your Favorite . Click the star to save this as your favorite customer; a gold star indicates the favorite customer; a hollow star indicates that the customer is not the favorite.

Yes. Select the Action in the bottom left-hand corner of the Map ( Home page). Select the Add Location icon.

Yes. Select the Action in the bottom left-hand corner of the Map ( Home page). Select the Add Composite Location icon.

The Data Communication tile displays the number of locations that had no data collection (by polling or data delivery) within the last 24 hours.

Once KML layers are uploaded to a project, a new Layers icon is available on the right side of the Map under the Legend icon.

Yes. Click on the graph link on the Alarms Widget , the alarm thresholds now display.

Yes, click on the Alarms Tile to open the Alarm Widget. Click on the Filter and select the type of Alarm, Date and Location of interest. The historical alarm information will display in the widget.

Yes. The KML feature must be turned on for the given project. KML files (3MB or less) can be uploaded to the project. Contact the ADS Customer Support Center for assistance.

If you have the appropriate user permissions, select the Customer Editor icon to the right of the Customer drop-down list. Then choose the Add New Customer icon in the lower right.

Yes. Units of measure selection are available through the Customer Editor located to the right of the Customer drop-down list. Select the appropriate customer and Edit. The Units drop-down list on the Edit Customer window includes three choices: US Standard MGD (reports depth in inches, velocity in feet per second and flow rate in MGD; US Standard CFS (reports depth in inches, velocity in feet per second and flow rate in CFS) and Metric (reports depth in millimeters, velocity in meters per second and flow rate in liters per second).

Yes. Time can be displayed in either a 12-hour or 24-hour format. Choose Customer Editor icon located to the right of the Customer drop-down list. Select the appropriate customer and Edit. Choose the desired time format from the Time Format drop-down.

Yes, there is a Date Format setting and the project can be set to that Year/Month/Date preference.

Yes. In the upper right corner of the Locations Dashboard, open the Setting panel (three vertical dots) and set the Scattergraph Annotations on for Invert Scatter Axis.

Yes. You can create graphs with multiple locations in the Custom Dashboard.

The ability to save templates is recognized as needed and will be available in PRISM in the near future.

No. At this time a user cannot change the entity colors.

No, not at this time. Each location graph must be printed individually.

Yes. In the upper right corner of the Locations Dashboard, open the Settings panel (three vertical dots) and set the Scattergraph Annotations on for Iso-Q lines and Pipe Overlay.

Yes. In the upper right corner of the Locations Dashboard, open the Settings panel (three vertical dots) and set the Hydrograph Annotations on for Rain on Top.

Yes. There are selection buttons for 1 day, 1 week, 1 month at the top of each graph OR you can manually drag the slider below the hydrograph.

Yes. That way the new location will not populate its data into the old location.

Yes. Choose the on-demand Collect button from the Location Properties card on the HOME screen; enter the Start and End Dates for your collect period.

Yes. PRISM supports the activation of ADS ECHOƒ › and RainAlert III monitors. Open the Location Properties screen for the monitor you wish to activate and select the Activate icon.

You can access graphical data from the Home page through the Location Properties page. Select a location through the mapƒ s Search Location option or by choosing the map icon. Once the Location Properties page displays, select the graph symbol located at the bottom of the page to open the Location Dashboard .

When the Is Active option is set to Yes , the associated location is considered active in PRISM. Active locations can be included in scheduled data collects. If Is Active is set to No , the location is removed from any scheduled collect and will only display in the interface if you choose the Display All Locations icon (located in the upper right corner of PRISM, to the left of your user name).

Import a csv data file from ADS Profile or Q start XML to fill in the data gap or back-collect the data through the Location Properties Card .

If you activate an ADS TRITON+ , ECHO or RainAlert III monitor using ADS Q start 1.9 or higher, an .xml file is generated in the location folder. Use this file to import into PRISM.

The Uptime Report values are based on the data availability from the previous calendar day for UNIDEPTH, VELOCITY and Qcontinuity.

Click on the location name on the Data Summary Report . A new screen will open showing minimums, maximums, averages and flow total for the past seven days. You can use the filter icon next to DOWNLOAD to define a new time period to view or change the data entities displayed in the report.

The Daily Summary Report reports the previous daysƒ Maximum, Minimum and Average depth and velocity data and the previous daysƒ Maximum, Minimum, Average flow rate and the Total Flow volume.

Yes. There is a SAVE SETTINGS feature. Give your Settings information a name. When you want to use it again, simply select Load Settings the next time you EXPORT.

Yes. There are now 2 File Types to choose in the Export Location feature.

Yes. Multiple rain gauges can be exported to a single Excel data file. Choose EXCEL as the File Type and Single File.

There are three categories of files you can upload to PRISM: Files , Location and Data . Select Files to import a document, for example site reports, location pictures, Microsoft Word or Excel documents. Select Location to import a location xml file from Q start XML . Select Data to import a csv data file in the ADS file format.

Yes. The file must be less than 20 MB in size.

No. There is no limit to the number of files a user can store at this time.

All PRISM exported data files are placed in a folder named dataExports in the Vault .

No. PRISM supports the import of .xml location files only.

To import a new or updated location xml file, you must first upload the file using the Vault > UPLOAD > Location feature. Second locate the imported file and select Import to add the file to the PRISM database.