Overview of Cisco Spaces: Environmental Analytics App

Overview of Environmental Analytics App

The Cisco Spaces Environmental Analytics app helps you optimize your building's performance using indoor environment insights or metrics data from the available sensors. These insights are derived from sensors integrated into the networking and collaboration infrastructure throughout your buildings within your network.

Use the Environmental Analytics app to measure and analyze the environmental analytics metrics data such as carbon dioxide, Total Volatile Organic Compound (TVOCs), ambient noise, temperature, and relative humidity and take the required corrective actions.

In a Day 0 configuration scenario, the Environmental Analytics Overview window is displayed with information about the recommended environmental levels. For more information, see Recommended Environmental Levels.

The application provides the following views:

  • Live Map: Provides current environmental readings on an interactive map, with floor and workspace information.

  • Overview: Displays environmental telemetry summaries for a selected location and month.

  • Floor View: Provides historical data and trends for individual floors, including information for specific hours and days.

  • Floor Comparison: Compares multiple floors by their environmental performance, including averages and cumulative time outside the recommended range.

Figure 1. Environmental Analytics - About App

Prerequisites for the Environmental Analytics App

To use the Environmental Analytics app, you must:

  • Import the sensor devices to gather the Environmental Analytics metrics data. Click Import Devices to open the Import Devices for Environmental Metrics window to import sensor devices from any of the following options:

    • Cisco Webex Control Hub

    • Meraki Things

    • Cisco Catalyst Wireless Access Points (9136/9166): To use Cisco Catalyst Wireless Access Points (9136/9166) for Environmental Analytics app, you must integrate with the Catalyst Center, import maps, or use Cisco Prime Infrastructure map imports.

    • Any third-party loT Sensors

  • Have an active Cisco Spaces: Connector available. For more information, see Cisco Spaces: Connector 3 Configuration Guide.

In the Environmental Analytics app Home page, a green tick mark against each of the above-mentioned items indicates the successful fulfillment of the corresponding prerequisite.

Features of the Environmental Analytics App

Live Map

Live Map is the default view when opening Environmental Analytics. It provides an interactive view of current environmental conditions across locations, helping workplace and facilities teams identify areas that need attention.

The screen displays color-coded telemetry readings, floor distribution, floor coverage, and Total area. Floor Rich Maps show workspace readings alongside floor averages, minimum and maximum values, and telemetry distribution.

Figure 2. Live Map

Live Map requires digital maps configured through Rich Maps and available telemetry for the relevant floors. Overview and existing historical reports remain available without Rich Maps.

Supported telemetry types and range definitions are available on the About App page. For detailed instructions, including floor navigation and unavailable-data scenarios, see Working with Cisco Spaces: Environmental Analytics App.

Overview

The Overview window displays the active sensors telemetry metrics for a selected location (all floors under the parent level) during a month.

Figure 3. Overview

The Overview window displays the performance data received from the active sensors in graphical format in the following feature sections:

  • Air Quality: Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) score, index, and other recommended air quality levels for the floors with active sensors. This section displays the following telemetry data:

    • CO₂

    • TVOC

    • IAQ

    • Particulate Matter (PM) 2.5

  • Ambient Noise: Floor noise levels as per the recommendations.

  • Humidity: Humidity level of the floor.

  • Temperature: Temperature level of the floor.

To view the overview data for another floor or month:

  1. From the Location drop-down list, select a location (building or a campus).

  2. From the Calendar drop-down list, select another month.

Click the icon to open the respective feature section to view additional parameters.