# Homey Energy Dongle ⚡️ - Megathread **URL:** \ **Category:** Energy\ **Created:** [March 31, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-energy-dongle-megathread/133816 "2025-03-31T21:09:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 313
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-energy-dongle-megathread/133816/313 "2026-04-16T20:26:16Z")
> [@Jaapio](#): > > the energy tabb, but that data is not exported This uses the data provided by your devices/apps; in theory Archive Insights should be able to export their data provided by their related apps. > [@Jaapio](#): > > to be able to export the insights of the homey p1 dongle? Ah, the dongle is app-less. I’d like to suggest to discuss with the app dev of both apps, Robin (you’d use the Archive Insights topic I linked to); Maybe it’s possible to add the energy dongle as “app” or device to the export selections, as they write to insights too. Although I can highly recommend to use the Power-by-the-Hour app. > [@Jaapio](#): > > that to be able to save and use historic data so many extra steps and apps seem necessary. This is mainly needed because Athom thinks we don’t need all that, and, besides this ([https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/4409687231890-Export-Insights-data](https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/4409687231890-Export-Insights-data)) Insights is regarded as perfect as non-interactive historic database since 2015. But I guessume that’s not gonna change any time soon, because Emile (co-founder) recently published an insights-2-grafana export tool as well: > **[TimescaleDB | Homey](https://homey.app/en-nl/app/net.weejewel.timescaledb/TimescaleDB/)** > > Automatically log Device Capability Updates to TimescaleDB. > [@How to log all device's measurements to TimescaleDB, and view them in Grafana](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-log-all-devices-measurements-to-timescaledb-and-view-them-in-grafana/146789): > > This is a guide for those who like to use Grafana to visualize their data. Requirements Homey Pro or Homey Pro mini A Linux server, such as a Raspberry Pi 1. Install Docker Sign in to your Linux server and open a terminal. If you haven’t installed Docker yet, do so by executing: $ curl -sSL https://get.docker.com | sh $ sudo usermod -aG docker $(whoami) $ exit 2. Install TimescaleDB & Grafana Sign in to your Linux server and open a terminal. Create a directory in your home folder: mkdir … --- _[View the full topic](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-energy-dongle-megathread/133816)._