# How to use data on WagoCloud? **URL:** \ **Category:** Partner Technology\ **Tags:** cloud\ **Created:** [November 19, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://www.wago.community/t/how-to-use-data-on-wagocloud/2421 "2025-11-19T10:22:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Malo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@Malo](https://www.wago.community/u/Malo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://www.wago.community/t/how-to-use-data-on-wagocloud/2421/1 "2025-11-19T10:22:46Z")
Hello, I would like to carry out a project on WagoCloud, and in order to determine its feasibility I have two questions. **Situation:** I have a PLC program running on a Siemens 1500 in which I have activated the OPC UA server. Through this server, I retrieve the variables that I want to transfer to the cloud via a 750-8217. I have successfully created different collections on the cloud and I have been able to build various dashboards. **Using the WORD format** In my Siemens program, I use WORD variables to store fault information. Each bit of the WORD is set to 1 when the corresponding fault is active, independently of the others (example image). ![image-1763546683302-fcxt70so7](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/wago/original/2X/d/d58f9a10353e552b545f36a1f28b92e03994c19d.png) The issue is that I haven’t found a way to read the individual bits of the WORD. Do you have a solution to extract this information without having to import each fault one by one through an upload of collections of Booleans? **Creating internal dashboard variables** In the dashboard options, it is possible to create internal variables that can be used to control rows. I would like to create these variables and assign them values from variables imported from the PLC. What is the correct procedure to create them? For exemple here I would like to put T1\_etat in an internal variable. alarme(device) → collectun(collection) → T1\_etat(Variable) Thank you Malo