- Release Date:
- 21st December 2022
- KBA Summary:
- This Knowledge Base Article describes using the Powder Factor dashboard in BlastIQ™ Insights.
Summary
BlastIQ™ Insights lets users visualise the design, adjusted design, and actual powder factor of multiple blasts on the Powder Factor Dashboard.
To navigate to the Powder Factor dashboard:
- From the BlastIQ™ Insights toolbar, select Dashboards.
- From the Dashboards menu, select Loading > Powder Factor.
Via Site Map
- Select a single blast by clicking a blast on the map.
- Right-click and navigate to the "Loading."
- Select "Powder Factor".
To access the Powder Factor Dashboard for multiple blasts.
- On the Site Map, select 2 or more blasts by clicking on them on the map.
- Right-click on one of the selected blasts.
- Choose Powder Factor from the menu.
To pan around the Powder Factor Dashboard.
- Activate the map by placing the mouse cursor anywhere on the map and clicking the screen, then use the Up, Down, Left, or Right arrows on the keyboard; or
- Place the mouse cursor anywhere on the Powder Factor Dashboard map, press and hold the left mouse button, and move the cursor as required.
To rotate and tilt the Powder Factor Dashboard.
- Place the mouse cursor anywhere on the map, press and hold the right mouse button, and move the cursor as required or
- Place the mouse cursor anywhere on the Powder Factor Dashboard map, press and hold Ctrl on the keyboard, press and hold the left mouse button, and move the cursor as required.
The following information is shown on the Powder Factor Dashboard:
- Blast Name Selector.
- Total Number of Holes.
- Colour Legend.
- Back to Site Map.
- Comparison Options.
- Design
- Adjusted Design
- Actual
- View.
- Map View
- Table View
- Summary.
- Hole Details Panel.
- Measurements.
- Layers.
- Display.
Detailed information on each section:
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Blast Name Selector
- Select a blast from the drop-down list.
- The user can type in to search for the desired blast.
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Total Number of Holes
- Displays the total number of holes in a blast.
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Colour Legend
- Displays the weight of the powder factor in each hole.
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Back to Site Map
- Click the "Back to Site Map" button.
- User will be redirected to the Site Map page.
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Comparison Options
- Navigate to the comparison options.
- Click the drop-down and select one of the comparison options.
- Design
- Adjusted design
- Actual
- The dashboard will be updated based on the selected comparison option.
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View
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Map View
- Navigate to the view selector.
- Select "Map View".
- On the map, the holes are colour-coded depending on the powder factor weight per hole.
- Mouse over the holes to get more information.
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Table View
- Navigate to the view selector.
- Select "Table View".
- Table view will be visible and show relevant data.
- Use the search boxes to filter the data.
- Click on the column headers to sort.
- You can download by clicking the download button to initiate a CSV file download.
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Map View
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Summary
- Click on the "Summary" icon located in the right-hand corner.
- Blast summary displays detailed information based on the comparison options selected, such as design, adjusted design, and actual.
Is Actual % is the percentage of total holes where Best Available Viable Volume is considered Actual Volume. For more information, see the Hole Best Available Viable Volume section here.
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Hole Details Panel
- Click on a hole on the map.
- The hole details panel opens.
- Clicking the Hole Details icon without clicking a hole by default shows no data.
- The hole details panel closes only when the user clicks the "x" button.
- Once the panel is closed and you want to open the panel again, click the "Hole Details" icon at the bottom left-hand corner.
- The panel consists of five tabs: Details, Decks, Measurements, Drill Data, and Comments.
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Details
- By default, the "Details" will be visible, presenting users with design, drilled, and measured data.
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Decks
- Decks and relevant properties are grouped by design, adjusted and actual.
- Deck is displayed by a lower number from the bottom to the top (higher number).
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Measurements
- Provides a concise overview of recorded data, including the time occurrence, associated deck, property details, recorded values, user identity, and the equipment or device used.
- Measurements are ordered by timestamp.
- Sorting is implemented by clicking on the column headers.
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Drill Data
- Provides a concise summary of drilling-related information. Users will find details such as the average penetration rate, start time, end time, drill name, operator, and timestamps for when the event occurred and was received.
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Comments
- Hole comments recorded in BlastIQ™ Mobile v1.22.206 or older will not show in the comments in the hole details panel. These comments are still available in the already supported display points and data export.
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Details
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Measurements
- Click the measurements icon located in the lower left-hand corner.
- Click anywhere on the map to draw points.
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Lines should automatically connect the points.
- The aggregated distance of the drawn lines will be visible.
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Layers
- Click on the layers icon.
- Choose "Image Overlays" or "Polylines" from the available options.
- Select "None" for no layers display.
To upload polylines and image overlays, please visit the Site Map article here and navigate to the Layer Administration section.
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Display
- Hole Names
- Select "On" to display hole names on the map.
- Select "Off" to hide hole names on the map.
- Secondary Indicators
- Select "None" does not highlight any holes.
- Select "Comment" to highlight holes with added notes.
- Select "Wet" to highlight holes in a wet state.
- Background
- The user can choose to change the map background to allow better visualisation of the blasts of interest from the following options:
- Select "Satellite" to set a satellite image as your map background.
- Select "Light" to give your map a white background.
- Select "Dark" to give your map a dark background.
- The user can choose to change the map background to allow better visualisation of the blasts of interest from the following options:
- Hole Names
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Blast Name Selector
Mode | Value | Calculation1 | Display Boundary |
Design | Design Powder Factor | Design Explosive Weight / Design Volume | Design |
Adjusted Design | Adjusted Design Powder Factor | Adjusted Design Explosive Weight / Best Available Viable Volume | Best Available Viable 2 |
Actual | Actual Powder Factor | Actual Explosive Weight / Best Available Viable Volume | Best Available Viable 2 |
- At hole or blast level, respectively.
Blast Powder Factor = ((sum of holes weight)/(sum of hole volume)). - Filters out 'not drilled' and 'abandoned' holes.
- All Explosive Weight values consider only Bulk and Packaged explosives.
- More details about BlastIQ™ Volume Calculation here.
Note:
- All percentage values are truncated to 1 decimal place.
- All other values are rounded to 1 decimal place.