- Release Date:
7th May 2026
- KBA Summary:
This Knowledge Base Article describes the functionality of the Items by Hole dashboard in BlastIQ™ Insights.
Summary
The Items by Hole dashboard provides a clear visualisation of which boosters and initiators were used in each hole for open-pit blasting operations. It enables users to quickly understand accessory placement at the hole level across Design, Actual, and Comparison states.
To navigate to the Items by Hole dashboard:
- From the BlastIQ™ Insights toolbar, select Dashboards.
- Select Loading → Items by Hole.
The Items by Hole view includes the following components:
- Blast Name Selector
- Total Number of Holes
- Legend
- Back to Site Map
- View
- Map View
- Table View
- State Selector
- Design
- Actual
- Comparison
- Type Selector
- Initiators
- Boosters
- Accessories
- Summary
- Hole Details Panel
- Measurements
- Layers
- Display
Detailed information:
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Blast Name Selector
- Select a blast from the drop-down list.
- Start typing to search for a specific blast.
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Total Number of Holes
- Displays the total number of holes in the selected blast plan.
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Legend
- Legend content updates based on the selected State and Type:
- Type
- Design
- Actual
- Comparison
- State
- Initiators
- Boosters
- Accessories
- Type
- Legend content updates based on the selected State and Type:
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Back to Site Map
- Click the "Back to Site Map" to return to the Site Map page.
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View
- Map View
- Navigate to the view selector.
- Select "Map View".
- Blast plan view displays an area per hole coloured according to the state selector selected.
- Mouse over the holes to get more information
- Table View
- Click the table view and displays:
- Product, Item type, who added the item, date added and comments
- Click the table view and displays:
- Map View
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State Selector
- Controls which data is displayed on the map and how holes are coloured.
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Design
- Shows the planned number of boosters or initiators for each hole.
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Actual
- Shows the actual number of boosters or initiators that were loaded into each hole.
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Comparison
- Shows the difference between Design and Actual so user can quickly spot mismatches.
- Completed - design matches actual
- Additional - More items loaded than planned
- Incomplete - Fewer items loaded than planned
- Planned - Design has items but Actual is still zero
- No data - No design or actual values available
- Shows the difference between Design and Actual so user can quickly spot mismatches.
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Design
- Controls which data is displayed on the map and how holes are coloured.
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Type Selector
- Controls which item type is displayed on the map and how holes are coloured.
- Initiators
- Boosters
- Accessories
- When accessories is selected the type selector will be disabled.
- Controls which item type is displayed on the map and how holes are coloured.
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Summary
- Click > then view both Design and Actual counts for initiators and boosters.
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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.
- 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.
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.
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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