This is an Angular widget, which is designed to display the chart based on the device specific inventory data. Runtime Installation supported.

By Default the chart displays the count based on the input in the group by field of configuration. But if the input is provided in the value field of the widget configuration it gives the value sum of the provided field from device managed object.

⚠️ This project is no longer under development. Please use Cumulocity Device Chart Widget Plugin for Application Builder >=2.x.x and Cumulocity >=1016.x.x⚠️

The widget also comes with an inbuilt color picker, which helps one to customize chart/border colors. The charts available include

• Vertical Bar Chart

• Horizontal Bar Chart

• Donut Chart

• Pie Chart

• Radar Chart

• Polar Chart

• Scatter Chart (Data set not ideal for this chart)

• Bubble Chart (Data set not ideal for this chart)

• Support single device and group devices: Depends on Deviceid selected in widget configuration.
• Supports Alarm Chart: It displays the Alarm chart if group by is set to c8y_ActiveAlarmsStatus in configuration.
• Supports Firmware Chart: It displays the Firmware chart if group by is set to versionIssuesName in configuration.
• Fetch Inner child Devices: Fetches Inventory data for chid devices only if Fetch innerchild devices is checked in configuration.
• Support multiple charts: Based on chart type in configuration.

• App Builder: Tested with Cumulocity App Builder version 1.3.0.

• This widget support runtime deployment. Download Runtime Binary and follow runtime deployment instruction.

Prerequisites:

• Git

• NodeJS (release builds are currently built with v14.18.0)

• NPM (Included with NodeJS)

External dependencies:

"chart.js": "^2.9.3",

"ng2-charts": "^2.4.3",

Installation Steps For App Builder:

Note: If you are new to App Builder or not yet downloaded/clone app builder code then please follow App builder documentation(Build Instructions) before proceeding further.

1. Open Your existing App Builder project and install external dependencies by executing below command or install it manually.

• Ng2-charts version 2.4.3

  Installation command: npm install [email protected]

• Chart.js version 2.9.3

  Installation command : npm i [email protected]

2. Grab the Device Chart Latest Release Binary

3. Install the Binary file in app builder.

npm i <binary  file  path>/gp-lib-device-chart-2.0.0.tgz

4. Open index.less located at /cumulocity-app-builder/ui-assets/

5. Import GpLibDeviceChartModule in app.module.ts and also place the imported Module under @NgModule.

import { GpLibDeviceChartModule } from 'gp-lib-device-chart';

@NgModule({

  imports: [

    GpLibDeviceChartModule    

      ]

  })

6. Congratulation! Installation is now completed. Now you can run app builder locally or build and deploy it into your tenant.

//Start App Builder
npm run start
// Build App
npm run build
// Deploy App
npm run deploy

Note: It is only necessary to follow these instructions if you are modifying/extending this widget, otherwise see the Installation Guide.

Prerequisites:

• Git

• NodeJS (release builds are currently built with v14.18.0)

• NPM (Included with NodeJS)

Instructions

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/SoftwareAG/cumulocity-device-chart-widget.git

2. Change directory:

cd gp-device-chart-widget

3. run npm i command to install all library files specified in source code

npm i

4. run npm run buildMinor command to create a binary file under dist folder

npm run buildMinor

5. (Optional) Local development server:

npm start

6. Build the app:

npm run build

7. Deploy the app: npm run deploy

This guide will teach you how to add widget in your existing or new dashboard.

1. Open the Application Builder from the app switcher (Next to your username in the top right)

2. Click Add application

3. Enter the application details and click Save

4. Select Add dashboard

5. Click Blank Dashboard

6. Enter the dashboard details and click Save

7. Select the dashboard from the navigation

8. Check for your widget and test it out.

Congratulations! Device Chart is configured.

1. Target Assets/Devices - deviceid/groupid of interest

2. Group By- provide the field name from the device managed object on which you want to group For eg:-

   • To create Alarm chart set the field to c8y_ActiveAlarmsStatus.
   • To create firmware chart set the field to versionIssuesName.
   • To create chart that displays the device type count set the field to type.

3. Value(Optional) -provide the field name from the device managed object whose value sum you want display
   For eg. :-

   • If you just want to display the count for each group by type then leave it empty.
   • To display the capacity for each groupby type then set the field to capacity.
   • To display the quantity for each groupby type then set the field to quantity.

4. Chart Type - type of chart that you want to display.

5. Legend - position of legend you want

6. You can toggle the slider if you want the results for child devices also

One can also select the custom chart color and Border color to beautify the chart, if not default colors will be picked.

Create a new issue in the Issues section of this Git project and assign it to Owner Full Name. Set the tracker to Bug and provide a meaningful title. Make sure to describe the bug as detailed as possible and how the bug can be reproduced.

Create a new issue in the Issues section of this Git project and assign it to Owner Full Name. Set the tracker to Requirement and provide a meaningful title. Shortly describe the feature.

This widget is provided as-is and without warranty or support. They do not constitute part of the Software AG product suite. Users are free to use, fork and modify them, subject to the license agreement. While Software AG welcomes contributions, we cannot guarantee to include every contribution in the master project.

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