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title: "Solar, Battery, Grid & House views"
description: "What Fox ESS owners see in Check My Solar’s Overview, Solar, House, Grid, and Battery entity views."
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# Solar, Battery, Grid & House views

Check My Solar lets **Fox ESS owners** drill into four **entity views** - **Solar**, **House**, **Grid**, and **Battery** - alongside the main **Overview**, without losing your chosen time range. Switch from the **menu** (sidebar) when you want string-level PV detail, consumption patterns, grid import and export, or battery state of charge without the noise of the full dashboard. The same **time range** (Today, Week, Month, etc.) applies; only the metrics and charts change.

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## Overview

- **Overview** is the default: combined energy flow, generation, consumption, grid, and (if applicable) battery in one place.
- Use it for a quick picture of the whole system and live flow (solar → house/battery/grid, grid → house, battery charge/discharge).

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## Solar

- Focuses on **PV generation**.
- You see solar production over the selected period, and (if your inverter reports it) **string-level data** (e.g. PV1, PV2) so you can compare strings.
- Useful for checking how much you’re generating and whether one string underperforms.

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## House

- Focuses on **house consumption** (loads).
- Shows how much the house used and how it was supplied: from solar, battery, and grid.
- Helps you see consumption patterns and how much you’re using from each source.

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## Grid

- Focuses on **grid interaction**.
- Shows import (grid → house) and export (house/solar → grid), and may include grid voltage/frequency where available.
- Useful for understanding when you’re buying from or selling to the grid.

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## Battery

- Focuses on the **battery** (if you have one).
- Shows state of charge (SoC), charge and discharge power, and how the battery is used over the selected period.
- Helps you see charging/discharging behaviour and how much energy went in and out of the battery.

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## Switching views

1. Open the **menu** (hamburger icon, top right).
2. Under the main navigation you’ll see **Overview**, **Solar**, **House**, **Grid**, **Battery**.
3. Tap the view you want. The dashboard content updates; the time range and selected inverter stay the same.

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## Same time range everywhere

- Today, Yesterday, Week, Month, Year, and Select Date work the same in every entity view.
- Only the **metrics and charts** change (solar vs house vs grid vs battery). Date navigation and period selector behave as in [Time views](/docs/using-the-app/time-views/).

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## Next steps

- [Dashboard overview](/docs/using-the-app/dashboard-overview/) - Layout and main elements.
- [Time views](/docs/using-the-app/time-views/) - Changing date and period.
- [Account & settings](/docs/using-the-app/account-settings/) - Device switcher and other options.

## Related pages

- [Using the app overview](/docs/using-the-app/)
- [Dashboard overview](/docs/using-the-app/dashboard-overview/)
- [Time views](/docs/using-the-app/time-views/)
- [Forecast](/docs/using-the-app/forecast/)
- [Entity views](/docs/using-the-app/entity-views/)
- [Notifications](/docs/using-the-app/notifications/)
- [Account settings](/docs/using-the-app/account-settings/)

Source: https://checkmy.solar/docs/using-the-app/entity-views/index.mdx