Stop Checking Gateways for LoRaWAN® One by One with WisDM Metrics

Managing IoT infrastructure becomes harder as deployments grow. In Microsoft’s IoT Signals survey, conducted with IoT Analytics, 72% of manufacturing respondents named scalability as their main concern.

For LoRaWAN operators, that challenge includes seeing how individual gateways are behaving across the fleet. 

A deployment may appear operational while some gateways begin showing weaker cellular connections, rising CRC errors, unusual traffic, or reduced available memory. When every gateway must be opened separately, it becomes difficult to identify which one needs attention or how its readings compare with the rest of the fleet.

WisDM Metrics changes that workflow. It is a no-code gateway fleet monitoring into WisDM that brings data from selected gateways into one fleet-wide view.

See the Fleet Before Opening Gateway Pages

A WisDM Metrics dashboard gives you a fleet-wide starting point. You can review online and offline status, gateway resources, connectivity, and LoRaWAN performance without moving between individual gateway pages.

You begin by selecting the period and gateways you want to review. These dashboard-level controls update the scope across the widgets. This allows the same dashboard to examine the wider fleet or a narrower set of gateways without rebuilding each chart.

Charts reveal how measurements change over time, while single-value widgets summarize important conditions at a glance. When an unusual value or trend appears, tables and filters help identify the gateways contributing to it. Data can be narrowed using labels such as location, gateway serial number, and firmware version.

From there, you can open the affected gateway’s device page for closer examination. The workflow moves from reviewing fleet conditions, spotting an exception, narrowing the results, and identifying the relevant gateway to beginning device-level troubleshooting.

WisDM Metrics does not replace detailed gateway investigation. It helps you answer the question that comes first: Which gateway should I investigate?

Build Dashboards Without Query Language

WisDM Metrics organizes monitoring through projects, dashboards, and widgets.

Projects create a workspace for related monitoring needs, such as a customer deployment, region, or internal team.

Each project can contain multiple dashboards, so operators can separate fleet availability, cellular backhaul, gateway resources, and LoRaWAN packet behavior instead of placing every measurement in one view.

Each dashboard is built from individual widgets. A widget displays the measurements and visualization needed to answer a specific operational question, whether that means following a trend, comparing gateway values, or identifying readings that require closer attention.

You can select the relevant gateways, metric, filters, and chart type directly through the WisDM interface. A preview shows how the widget will appear before it is added to the dashboard, so no query language is required.

Choose the View That Answers the Question

WisDM Metrics supports several widget types for presenting gateway data. The right view depends on whether you need one fleet value, a trend over time, a comparison, a distribution, or the gateways behind a result.

Value chart

A value chart highlights one measurement in a large, readable format. Use it when you need an immediate answer to a direct question, such as how many industrial gateways for LoRaWAN meet a selected condition.

Line chart

A line chart follows a measurement continuously across the selected period. It helps you identify spikes, drops, repeated fluctuations, or gradual movement that may not be obvious from a single value.

Bar chart

A bar chart makes values across separate intervals easier to compare. You can quickly see which periods recorded higher or lower measurements without following a continuous line.

Stacked bar chart

A stacked bar chart displays related measurements within the same intervals. It helps you compare the total value while also seeing how each measurement contributes to it.

Area chart

An area chart emphasizes the magnitude of a measurement as it changes over time. The filled area makes overall volume, sustained increases, and sharp changes easier to recognize.

Pie chart

A pie chart shows how a total is distributed among a small number of categories. You can compare each category’s share using the segment size, value, and percentage shown in the legend.

Table

A table identifies the specific gateways contributing to a result. You can review gateway names alongside details such as location, serial number, EUI, and the selected measurement, then open the relevant device or location page.

Widget settings such as legends, thresholds, metric colors, and filters are configured in the widget builder. A live preview shows how the selected view will present the data before it is added to the dashboard.

This structure keeps monitoring organized as deployments grow. One project can hold a fleet-wide health dashboard alongside narrower dashboards for a particular location, customer, or operational requirement. Teams can begin with a broad view, then move to the dashboard and widget that provide the detail needed for investigation.

View Gateway Health and LoRaWAN Operations Together

WisDM Metrics brings gateway health and LoRaWAN performance into the same dashboard. Its measurements cover four main areas of fleet monitoring:

For the complete list, see the supported WisDM metrics and filter labels.

Templates provide a starting point for common monitoring requirements. The System Overview shown here brings several gateway conditions together, including offline state, reboot activity, OTA errors, and SD card status.

Viewing these measurements together adds context when a gateway’s behavior changes. A gateway may remain online while its available memory declines, cellular connection weakens, or LoRaWAN packet errors increase. WisDM Metrics helps you recognize those conditions and determine which gateway requires closer examination.

Build Your First Dashboard in WisDM

WisDM Metrics is built into WisDM rather than offered as a separate monitoring product. Select the gateways relevant to your deployment, add the measurements you need, and organize each dashboard around the operational questions your team needs to answer. 

Not sure where to begin? Start with one of these dashboard setups:

Fleet Availability

Bring gateway online state, system uptime, offline gateways, and frequent reboots into one view. This dashboard helps you identify availability issues and determine which gateways require closer examination.

Backhaul Health

Track cellular signal, connection status, network interface uptime, and received or transmitted traffic. Reviewing these measurements together helps reveal connectivity changes affecting particular gateways or locations.

LoRaWAN Packet Quality

Monitor uplinks with valid CRC, uplinks with CRC errors, successful downlink reports, and downlink reporting errors. This dashboard provides a focused view of changes in packet handling across the selected fleet.

Every WisDM plan includes Metrics at no additional cost.

Frequently Asked Questions About WisDM Metrics

What is WisDM Metrics?

WisDM Metrics is the fleet-level monitoring and dashboard capability built into WisDM. It brings data from selected gateways into one view, helping teams monitor fleet conditions, identify exceptions, and determine which gateways require closer investigation.

Which gateway metrics can it monitor?

WisDM Metrics covers gateway resources and system state, including CPU utilization, available memory, system uptime, online status, and storage conditions. It also monitors network interface uptime and traffic, cellular signal and connection status, LoRaWAN uplink and downlink packet statistics, and deployment details such as GPS status, location, gateway serial number, and firmware version.

Can I filter dashboards to specific gateways or locations?

Yes. Dashboard-level controls let you select the gateways included in the view and adjust the scope without rebuilding each widget. Data can also be narrowed using supported labels such as location, gateway serial number, and firmware version.

Can WisDM Metrics compare different periods?

Yes. Metrics Comparison lets you choose two periods and select the dashboard widgets you want to compare. Results appear side by side and can include average, minimum, and maximum values, along with numerical and percentage changes. Comparisons can also be saved, reopened, renamed, exported as a PDF, or deleted.

Is WisDM Metrics included with every WisDM plan?

Yes. Every WisDM plan includes Metrics at no additional cost.