node-red-contrib-ui-timelines-chart 0.1.9

A Node-RED widget node for showing the timelines chart.

npm install node-red-contrib-ui-timelines-chart

node-red-contrib-ui-timelines-chart

A Node-RED widget node for showing the timelines chart.

Pre-requisites

The node-red-contrib-ui-timelines-chart requires Node-RED Dashboard 2.10 to be installed.

Quick Start

To pull from docker hub:

docker pull sanlike0911/node-red-contrib-ui-timelines-chart:latest

Install

npm install node-red-contrib-ui-timelines-chart

Note: This node uses APIs that require at least Node-RED 0.19 and Node-RED Dashboard 2.10.

Usage

"ui-timelines-chart" node is a UI widget that can be used to display the timelines chart in the Node-RED dashboard.

This Node-Red module can not directly connect to Database.

• Widget properties

  

  • name

    Set the node name to be displayed in flow.

  • group

    Set the group to be displayed on the dashboard.

  • size

    Set the size on the dashboard.

  • label

    Set for the name to be displayed on the dashboard.

  • xAxis

    • tick format

      Set the tick format of the X-Axis.

      - YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss
      - YYYY-MM-DD
      - HH:mm:ss
      - HH:mm
      - HH
      ....
      

      *ISO 8601 format

    • start date

      Set the start time of the X-Axis. If not set, select the first data.

    • end date

      Set the end time of the X-Axis. If not set, select the last data.

    • labels size[px]/color

      Set the font size[in pixels] and font color to X-Axis label. size: from 0 to 64(default:16)

  • yAxis

    • labels size[px]/color

      Set the font size[in pixels] and font color to Y-Axis label. size: from 0 to 64(default:16)

  • tooltips

    • time format

      Set the time format of tooltips. See d3-time-format for available options.

  • format chart area

    • chart top margin[px]

      Set the top margin of the chart, in pixels. height: from 0 to 255(default:60)

    • chart height[px]

      Set the chart maximum height of each line, in pixels. height: from 1 to 255(default:60)

    • reset zoom label size[px]/color

      Set the font size[in pixels] and font color to reset zoom label. size: from 0 to 64(default:24)

  • options

    • enable animations

      Set whether to animate transitions.

    • enable date marker(now)

      Set whether to display the current date of the vertical line.

    • enable forward input messages

      Set whether to forward input messages to output.

  • legends

    Set the color and value to be displayed on the chart.

• Input items

  An array of Items is passed in by msg.payload. It consists of objects containing the following properties.

  [Data syntax]

  {
      dataItems:[
          {
              group: "group1name",
              data: [
              {
                  label: "label1name",
                  data: [
                  {
                      timeRange: [<date>, <date>],
                      val: <val: number (continuous dataScale) or string (ordinal dataScale)>
                  },
                  {
                      timeRange: [<date>, <date>],
                      val: <val>
                  },
                  (...)
                  ]
              },
              {
                  label: "label2name",
                  data: [...]
              },
              (...)
              ],
          },
          {
              group: "group2name",
              data: [...]
          },
          (...)
      ],
      settings:{
          xAxis:{
              tickFormat: <val: string (date time[default:YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss])>,
              startDateTime: <date>,
              endDateTime: <date>,
              labelsFontSize: <val: number (from 0 to 64[default:16])>
              labelsColor: <val: string (from #000000 to #ffffff[default:#000000])>
          },
          yAxis:{
              labelsFontSize: <val: number (from 0 to 64[default:16])>
              labelsColor: <val: string (from #000000 to #ffffff[default:#000000])>
          },
          tooltips:{
            timeFormat: <val: string (d3-time-format[default:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S])>,
          }
          chart:{
            topMargin: <val: number (from 0 to 255[default:60])>
            height: <val: number (from 1 to 255[default:60])>
            resetZoom:{
                labelFontSize: <val: number (from 0 to 64[default:24])>
                labelColor: <val: string (from #000000 to #ffffff[default:#000000])>
            },
            lineColors <{val: string (from #000000 to #ffffff[default:#000000]), val: string (label name)}>,
          },
          options:{
            enableAnimations: <boolean>,
            enableDateMarker: <boolean>,
            forwardInputMessages: <boolean>
          }
      }
  }
  

  priority: (msg.payload.settings > node property settings)

npm-scripts

There are some npm-scripts to help developments.

• npm install - Install the testing environment in your project.
• npm run build - Make ./data/my-node directory from the src directory and Install the my-node in Node-RED.
• npm run start - Start Node-RED. "http://localhost:1880"

file list

[root]
│  package.json
│  README.md
│  tsconfig.json
│
├─data -> `Node-Red work files`
│  │  
│  ├─my-node -> `project files` The resource files and built files should be placed here.
│  │  │  package.json
│  │  │
│  │  └─nodes -> The resource files and built files should be placed here.
│  │     └─...
│  │
│  └─node_modules
│     └─...
│
├─dist -> `The project built files`
├─examples -> `node-RED flow files`
├─figs
└─src
    └─nodes -> project files
        ├─icons
        ├─lib
        ├─locales
        │  ├─en-US
        │  └─ja
        └─test