# Real time metrics (https://docs.pulsarml.com/guides/settings/real-time-metrics)

Choose and order the metrics each machine card shows in Real Time and TV Mode, for every user or just for you.



Pulsar shows productivity indicators that help you find areas of opportunity in your production lines. You choose which metrics each machine shows in **Real Time Settings**: open **Settings** > **Real Time**, or click the gear button at the bottom right of a machine's card in **Real Time**, which opens the same screen with that machine already selected.

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  [Watch how to do it](https://app.trupeer.ai/view/PGGzZhd6R)

  , step by step.
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<Screenshot id="real-time-metrics-card-settings" alt="A machine card in Real Time showing metrics such as Availability, Uptime, Downtime, Total Products, Defects, Performance and OEE, the timeline, the stop, operator and SKU fields, and two buttons at the bottom right of the card, the gear button being the last one." width="1192" height="299" />

**Real Time Settings** has two tabs, **Settings** (marked **For you**) and **Company Defaults** (marked **For admins**), and each one has two views: **Standard View**, for the Real Time page, and **TV Mode**, for the [TV version](/guides/desktop-app/real-time-and-tv).

## Set the metrics for all users [#set-the-metrics-for-all-users]

If you're an **Admin**, you can define the metrics for all users. We recommend this option.

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  <Step>
    Open the **Company Defaults** tab, marked **For admins**, and choose **Standard View**. A notice reminds you that **You are currently modifying the default settings for your company**.
  </Step>

  <Step>
    In **Select machines**, choose the machines whose metrics you want to add, edit or reorder, or choose **All machines**.
  </Step>

  <Step>
    In **Configure metrics per machine**, set the metrics of each machine, up to 7:

    * Click **Add metric** to add one.
    * Click the **x** on a metric to remove it.
    * Drag a metric by its handle to change its order.

    The badge colors show each metric's category: **Time**, **Availability**, **Products**, **Performance**, **Quality**, **OEE** and **Other**. When a machine has 7 metrics, the message **You have reached the maximum of 7 metrics for this machine** appears.
  </Step>

  <Step>
    Click **Save and Apply for All Users**. This sets the metrics only for the selected machines.

    <Screenshot id="real-time-metrics-company-defaults" alt="Real Time Settings on the Company Defaults tab (For admins), Standard View, with the notice You are currently modifying the default settings for your company, step 1 Select machines, step 2 Configure metrics per machine (max. 7), and the Cancel, Save and Save and Apply for All Users buttons, with a note that Save and Apply for All Users sets the metrics only for the selected machines." width="1440" height="900" />
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Set the metrics just for you [#set-the-metrics-just-for-you]

To adjust the Real Time metrics only for yourself, open the **Settings** tab, marked **For you**, and follow the same steps 1 and 2 to personalize your Real Time KPIs. Click **Save** when you finish. To go back to your company's metrics for the selected machines, click **Use Company Default Metrics**.

<Screenshot id="real-time-metrics-for-you" alt="Real Time Settings on the Settings tab (For you), Standard View, with Moldeo por Inyección #1 selected in step 1 Select machines, the Use Company Default Metrics button, step 2 Configure metrics per machine (max. 7) with the badge color legend and seven metrics (Availability, Uptime, Downtime, Total Products, Defects, Performance, OEE), the Add metric button, the message You have reached the maximum of 7 metrics for this machine, and the Cancel and Save buttons." width="1440" height="900" />

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  This setting is done machine by machine. Don't forget to click **Save** when you finish.
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## Set up TV Mode [#set-up-tv-mode]

The **TV Mode** view of each tab sets up the TV version in the same way, for you or (on **Company Defaults**) for all users:

* The view: **Single machine view**, **Tower Control Machine View** or **Tower Control Operator View**.
* **Slide transition time** (**15 seconds**, **30 seconds** or **60 seconds**), **Hide out-of-shift machines**, and **Status time** (**Elapsed time**, **Time of the change** or **Both**).
* **Choose layout configuration** (**2x2**, **3x3**, **6x2** or **8x4**) and **Card information** (**Show operator**, **Show SKU**, **Show SKU description**, and the **Stop cause**: **Hidden**, **General**, **General + specific** or **Specific**). Those card options are for the 2x2 layout; the larger layouts show less.
* **Select machines** and **Configure metrics per machine**, as in Standard View, but with up to 4 metrics per machine in 2x2, 2 in 3x3, and none in 6x2 and 8x4. [TV mode](/guides/settings/tv-mode) covers every view and layout.

On **Company Defaults**, **Save and Apply for All Users** sets the metrics only for the selected machines. If no machines are selected, it applies only the TV layout setting.

For a full description of the TV layouts and card options, see [TV mode](/guides/settings/tv-mode). If you have trouble configuring the metrics or need help, contact your Customer Success representative or [raise a support ticket](/guides/getting-started/support-ticket) from the app.