diff --git a/data/assets/scene/solarsystem/planets/earth/aurorasaurus/main.asset b/data/assets/scene/solarsystem/planets/earth/aurorasaurus/main.asset
index 86618254fe..361a2b776c 100644
--- a/data/assets/scene/solarsystem/planets/earth/aurorasaurus/main.asset
+++ b/data/assets/scene/solarsystem/planets/earth/aurorasaurus/main.asset
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ asset.require("./may2024assets/rendermodeTest/22") ]]
 asset.require("./actions")
 --asset.require("./auroraImage")
 --asset.require("./ovalGeojson")
-asset.require("./ovalLayer")
+--asset.require("./ovalLayer")
 
-asset.require("./northernViewline")
-asset.require("./southernViewline")
+--asset.require("./northernViewline")
+--asset.require("./southernViewline")
 --asset.require("./mission")
---asset.require("./storm")
\ No newline at end of file
+asset.require("./storm")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/data/assets/scene/solarsystem/planets/earth/aurorasaurus/storm.asset b/data/assets/scene/solarsystem/planets/earth/aurorasaurus/storm.asset
index dfbe7ad714..f30168b3c9 100644
--- a/data/assets/scene/solarsystem/planets/earth/aurorasaurus/storm.asset
+++ b/data/assets/scene/solarsystem/planets/earth/aurorasaurus/storm.asset
@@ -42,14 +42,15 @@ local marker = {
 }
 
 asset.onInitialize(function()
-    openspace.addScreenSpaceRenderable(marker)
+    --openspace.addScreenSpaceRenderable(marker)
     openspace.addScreenSpaceRenderable(Dashboard)
 
+    openspace.setPropertyValueSingle("ScreenSpace.ScreenSpaceKPindex.CartesianPosition", {-0.630000,0.380000,-2.310000})
     openspace.setPropertyValueSingle("ScreenSpace.ScreenSpaceKPindex.Size", {0.000000,0.000000,640.000000,320.000000})
   end)
 
   asset.onDeinitialize(function()
-    openspace.removeScreenSpaceRenderable(marker)
+    --openspace.removeScreenSpaceRenderable(marker)
     openspace.addScreenSpaceRenderable(Dashboard)
   end)
 
diff --git a/modules/base/dashboard/dashboarditemtext.cpp b/modules/base/dashboard/dashboarditemtext.cpp
index ddf52a4ed2..39fc982f7f 100644
--- a/modules/base/dashboard/dashboarditemtext.cpp
+++ b/modules/base/dashboard/dashboarditemtext.cpp
@@ -27,12 +27,24 @@
 #include <openspace/documentation/documentation.h>
 #include <openspace/documentation/verifier.h>
 #include <openspace/engine/globals.h>
+#include <openspace/util/timemanager.h>
 #include <ghoul/font/font.h>
 #include <ghoul/font/fontmanager.h>
 #include <ghoul/font/fontrenderer.h>
 #include <ghoul/misc/profiling.h>
 #include <optional>
 
+#include <json/json.hpp>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include <chrono>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+
 namespace {
     constexpr openspace::properties::Property::PropertyInfo TextInfo = {
         "Text",
@@ -57,6 +69,24 @@ documentation::Documentation DashboardItemText::Documentation() {
     );
 }
 
+void DashboardItemText::loadDataFromJson(const std::string& filePath) {
+    std::ifstream file(filePath);
+    if (!file.is_open()) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("Unable to open JSON file: " + filePath);
+    }
+
+    nlohmann::json jsonData;
+    file >> jsonData;
+
+    _data.clear();
+
+    for (const auto& item : jsonData["data"]) {
+        std::string time = item[0].get<std::string>();
+        double value = item[1].get<double>();
+        _data[time] = value;
+    }
+}
+
 DashboardItemText::DashboardItemText(const ghoul::Dictionary& dictionary)
     : DashboardTextItem(dictionary)
     , _text(TextInfo, "")
@@ -64,11 +94,50 @@ DashboardItemText::DashboardItemText(const ghoul::Dictionary& dictionary)
     const Parameters p = codegen::bake<Parameters>(dictionary);
     _text = p.text.value_or(_text);
     addProperty(_text);
+
+    loadDataFromJson("C:/Users/alundkvi/Documents/work/OpenSpace/user/data/assets/aurorasaurus/KPjson/data.json");
 }
 
+std::string formatTimeForData(std::string_view timeStr) {
+    std::string formattedTime(timeStr);
+
+    // Convert to the format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:00Z
+    std::replace(formattedTime.begin(), formattedTime.end(), 'T', ' ');
+    std::replace(formattedTime.begin(), formattedTime.end(), '.', ' '); // Remove milliseconds
+
+    std::tm tm = {};
+    std::istringstream ss(formattedTime);
+    ss >> std::get_time(&tm, "%Y %b %d %H:%M:%S");
+
+    std::ostringstream oss;
+    oss << std::put_time(&tm, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:00Z");
+    return oss.str();
+}
+
+double DashboardItemText::getValueForCurrentTime() const {
+    std::string_view currentTimeStr = global::timeManager->time().UTC();
+    std::string formattedTime = formatTimeForData(currentTimeStr);
+
+    // Check if the formatted time exists in the data
+    auto it = _data.find(formattedTime);
+    if (it != _data.end()) {
+        // Exact match found, update last value
+        _lastValue = it->second;
+        return _lastValue;
+    }
+
+    // If no exact match is found, return the last value
+    return _lastValue;
+}
+
+
 void DashboardItemText::render(glm::vec2& penPosition) {
     ZoneScoped;
 
+    double value = getValueForCurrentTime();
+
+    _text = "KP Index: " + std::to_string(value);
+
     penPosition.y -= _font->height();
     RenderFont(*_font, penPosition, _text.value());
 }
diff --git a/modules/base/dashboard/dashboarditemtext.h b/modules/base/dashboard/dashboarditemtext.h
index ef11a0cca1..70babc06c2 100644
--- a/modules/base/dashboard/dashboarditemtext.h
+++ b/modules/base/dashboard/dashboarditemtext.h
@@ -29,6 +29,21 @@
 
 #include <openspace/properties/stringproperty.h>
 
+#include <fstream>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <sstream>
+
+#include <chrono>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <iostream>
+
 namespace openspace {
 
 namespace documentation { struct Documentation; }
@@ -46,6 +61,12 @@ public:
 
 private:
     properties::StringProperty _text;
+    std::unordered_map<std::string, double> _data;
+
+    mutable double _lastValue = 0.0;
+
+    void loadDataFromJson(const std::string& filePath);
+    double getValueForCurrentTime() const;
 };
 
 } // namespace openspace