---
title: "Use Operator View on the shop floor"
description: "Turn on Operator View from the profile menu so every machine page at /assets/selected-asset/:id renders as a full-screen operator page: a header with live status and the Uptime gauge, then a four-tab strip of Part Count, All Downtime, Jobs and Notes. Log parts, bulk classify stops, run a job and leave notes without leaving the machine. The toggle is per browser, and anyone can turn it off."
category: "See what machines are doing"
source_url: "https://www.iotflows.com/docs/monitoring/operator-view/"
---
# Use Operator View on the shop floor

A full-screen machine page an operator can work a whole shift from.

*Operator View* is a display mode for a single machine's page. It drops the secondary navigation, enlarges every tap target, and replaces the Analytics tabs with four counters that are also tabs: **Part Count**, **All Downtime**, **Jobs** and **Notes**. Everything an operator does during a shift happens inside one of those four.

**Prerequisites.** A machine with a paired sensor, see [Add a machine](/docs/monitoring/add-an-asset/). Shifts defined, so the counters cover the right hours, see [Set shifts and timezone](/docs/admin/shifts-and-timezone/).

**Choose Operator View when** a person works at one machine on their own account. **Choose an operator station when** the device is shared and should boot into the machine without anyone signing in, see [Set up a dedicated operator station](/docs/monitoring/operator-stations/). A supervisor reading several machines needs neither: the standard [machine page](/docs/monitoring/asset-detail/) shows the same numbers with charts.

## Turn on Operator View
1. Click your avatar at the top right of the header.
2. Click **Operator View**. The page reloads.
3. Open **Assets** and click the machine.

The address bar still reads `/assets/selected-asset/:id`, but the page renders as the operator page. The setting is stored in the browser, not on your account, so a tablet at the machine keeps it after sign-out and your desk PC is unaffected. On a phone the layout stacks, with the tab strip pinned to the top as you scroll.

![The profile dropdown open under the avatar at the top right of the header, listing Profile, Billing, Operator View and Sign out, with Operator View highlighted](/images/monitoring/mon-opview-01-v2.webp)

*Turning on Operator View from the profile menu.*

## The KPI tab strip
Above the strip sit the machine's photo, name and identifier, the live status pill, the **Uptime** gauge against the machine's goal, and the shift's status bar. Click a stop on the bar to classify it, see [Classify from the status bar](/docs/monitoring/classify-downtime/#status-bar). The control bar above holds a back link to **Assets**, the shift selector and the notifications bell.

Each tab shows a number for the selected shift. Click the tab to open it. The page remembers which tab was open on each machine, so a refresh lands where the operator left off.

| | Tab | Shows | Operator can | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | **Part Count** | Parts made this shift, from the sensor | Correct a count, edit a work session | [Production metrics](/docs/monitoring/metrics-reference/#production) |
| 2 | **All Downtime** | Downtime this shift as hours and minutes, red when above zero | Classify, split, unclassify or delete stops, singly or in bulk | [Classify a downtime event](/docs/monitoring/classify-downtime/) |
| 3 | **Jobs** | Open jobs on this machine, active and queued | Start, pause, resume and complete a job, log parts and scrap | [Run a job](/docs/production/run-a-job/) |
| 4 | **Notes** | Notes on this machine, all time | Add, edit and delete a note | [Notes](/docs/monitoring/asset-detail/#notes) |

![The operator page for one machine: a header with the machine photo, a green Running pill, an Uptime gauge and a status bar, then a row of four large tabs reading Part Count, All Downtime, Jobs and Notes, each with a number, with four numbered callouts on the tabs](/images/monitoring/mon-opview-02.webp)

*The operator page. The tab strip is the whole interface: Part Count, All Downtime, Jobs, Notes.*

## Part Count
The **Part Count** tab is the **Operation(s) Production** card from the standard page at operator scale. An **Auto-Detecting** label names the operation the sensor is counting against. Below it, a timeline shows the shift's work sessions, and one row per operation shows the count against its goal, with the shortfall in red as **Behind** or the surplus in green.

The goal is the operation's hourly goal scaled to the shift, for example `240` over an eight-hour shift at 30 an hour. It is set on the operation, not here, see [Set OEE and utilization goals](/docs/monitoring/oee-goals/).

Use **Modify Counts** when the sensor missed parts, for example after a bar feeder ran dry unnoticed. It records a manual session against an operation, see [Production counts and backfilling](/docs/monitoring/asset-detail/#backfill). You do not need this if the count is right.

![The Part Count tab with an Auto-Detecting label at the top, Modify Counts and Auto-Detect buttons at the right, a work-session timeline, and one operation row showing 212 parts against a goal with 28 in red labeled Behind](/images/monitoring/mon-opview-03.webp)

*Part Count against the shift goal, as the operator sees it.*

## All Downtime and bulk classify
The **All Downtime** tab lists the shift's activities as cards, with a green bar for uptime and a red bar for a stop. It opens on the **Unclassified** filter, which is the backlog. The other filters are **All**, **Uptime** and **Classified**, each with its count.

Each stop carries **Classify**, **Split** and **Delete**. A classified stop shows its category and severity chip, and swaps **Classify** for **Edit** and **Remove**. An uptime card carries **Edit**, which changes the operation the run counted against.

Bulk classification is the reason this tab exists. Click stops to select them, or click **Select all N unclassified**, then click **Classify N Downtimes** in the bar at the bottom. The steps, and when not to use it, are in [Bulk classify](/docs/monitoring/classify-downtime/#bulk).

![The All Downtime tab on the Unclassified filter with four stop cards ticked, a bar at the bottom reading 4 selected and Classify 4 Downtimes, and the classification modal open on its category picker, with numbered callouts on the selection and the picker](/images/monitoring/mon-opview-04.webp)

*Bulk classifying several stops with the same reason.*

## Jobs
The **Jobs** tab lists the machine's production jobs behind an **Active**, **Done** and **All** toggle, with a **+** to create one and the shift timeline above the list. The number on the tab counts active and queued jobs, not closed ones.

Click a job to open it. The detail view has the same controls as the Work Queue: **Start**, which becomes **Pause** and then **Resume**; a **−** and **+** counter with **Add Parts** for a larger number; **Scrap**; and **Complete Job**. Every change goes to the same job session the Work Queue reads, so a supervisor sees it at once.

The procedure lives in [Run a job](/docs/production/run-a-job/) and [Log scrap](/docs/production/log-scrap/).

A job opened from **Done** or **All** can be reopened, which returns it to in progress.

![The Jobs tab detail view for one active job: a sidebar with the job's progress, a Pause button, a parts counter with minus and plus buttons, Add Parts, Scrap and Complete Job, beside a file viewer showing the job's drawing](/images/monitoring/mon-opview-05-v2.webp)

*The Jobs tab runs the job without leaving the machine's page.*

## Notes
The **Notes** tab is the machine's note list, newest first, with **Add Note** at the top. Each note shows its author and time, and can be edited or deleted in place. It is the same list as **Notes** on the standard page's Health tab, so a note about chatter at 2 pm is what the maintenance planner reads next morning, see [Notes](/docs/monitoring/asset-detail/#notes).

## Leaving Operator View
The **Assets** link at the top left returns to the fleet page. Operator View stays on, so the next machine opened renders the same way.

To turn it off, click your avatar and click **Exit Operator View**. The page reloads as the standard machine page. Any signed-in user can do this: Operator View is a display preference, not a lock.

A device that must stay on its machine whoever is signed in is an operator station, whose exit is gated to an Owner or Administrator, see [Set up a dedicated operator station](/docs/monitoring/operator-stations/) and [Roles reference](/docs/admin/roles-reference/).

![The profile dropdown open in Operator View, listing Profile, Billing, Exit Operator View and Sign out, with Exit Operator View highlighted](/images/monitoring/mon-opview-06-v2.webp)

*Turning Operator View off from the same menu. Any signed-in user can do this.*

## Errors
| Message | Means |
|---|---|
| **No active session — start the job first** | You logged parts or scrap on a job that is not running. Click **Start** on the job, then log again |
| **Failed to log part**, **Failed to record scrap** | The session was not updated; the counter shows the last saved value. Retry |
| **Failed to update job status** | The status change was not saved; the job returns to its previous state. Retry |
| **Failed to classify** | None of the selected stops were classified; the selection is kept. Retry |
| **This category requires an additional note** | The category you picked needs a note before **Classify** is enabled, see [Downtime categories](/docs/monitoring/downtime-categories/) |

## See also
- [Set up a dedicated operator station](/docs/monitoring/operator-stations/)
- [Classify a downtime event](/docs/monitoring/classify-downtime/)
- [Run a job](/docs/production/run-a-job/)
- [Log scrap](/docs/production/log-scrap/)
- [Inspect a single machine](/docs/monitoring/asset-detail/)