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# Check Report Data

## Data lenses are the best way for checking and organizing data reported by the device.

When devices report data to the system, it may not send in a way that is necessarily easily read and understood by humans. A Data Lens can help you translate the potentially hard-to-read data into a more human-friendly format. 

### Data Lens

A data lens is a filter that you place over your data to highlight the aspects of interest. It distills the raw information into its essential or relevant components.

#### How to create/edit a data lens:

There are many different ways to create or edit a data lens.

Create a new data lens from the data lens page.

1. Access the “Data Lenses” page on the left-hand panel.
2. Select the yellow button in the bottom right.
3. Fill in the relevant information.
4. Select “ADD DATA LENS”.

![CheckReportData1](https://knowledge.trinity.co.za/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base_August%202023/CheckReportData1.png?width=318&height=442&name=CheckReportData1.png)

 

**Adding separate data inputs from the device as elements to an already existing data** 

1. Access a specific device with an incoming data stream that you wish to add to the data lens.
2. Go to “Latest Data” on the left-hand panel.
3. Locate the data stream that you wish to add to the data lens.
4. Select the edit button.

![CheckReportData2](https://knowledge.trinity.co.za/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base_August%202023/CheckReportData2.png?width=688&height=251&name=CheckReportData2.png)

1. Enter the relevant information.
2. Select “UPDATE ELEMENT”.

![CheckReportData3](https://knowledge.trinity.co.za/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base_August%202023/CheckReportData3.png?width=233&height=442&name=CheckReportData3.png)

 

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