To visualize private ThingSpeak™ channel charts ThingShow uses the ThingSpeak™ chart API. The channel ID and the API key is needed to open private channel.

To visualize public ThingSpeak™ channel widgets ThingShow automatically embeds them from ThingSpeak™ website. It can be chart, gauge or any other type of widget including MATLAB Visualizations that is shown on a public page of the channel.

A virtual channel can be created to group different widgets from different channels on one screen. Just give it a name and choose widgets from channels that are already setup in ThingShow. It is also possible to change widgets order within a virtual channel.

Unnecessary channel widgets can be hidden for any channel type.

Any chart can be opened on a separate screen in details. Its options can be changed and stored locally including charts that are opened from homescreen widgets. This will not affect data stored on ThingSpeak™ server.

Homescreen widget is very useful part of ThingShow that helps to view channel fields data without launching an application. One homescreen widget can show up to 8 fields from different channels. To fit into homescreen widget space each field name can be changed locally. Another useful homescreen widget settings exist to suite user needs.