Dashboards¶

Generate the data required to display a dashboard, response data contains all information required for displaying the dashboard. The response may be quite large, depending on the dashboard that is requested. Charts especially may contain a large number of points.

HTTP Request¶

GET /icweb.dll/dashboard/{key}

URI Parameters¶

Name	In	Required	Type	Description	Default
`key`	Path	Yes	Integer	Key associated with dashboard.

Responses¶

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	Dashboard	OK
404 Not Found	String	Dashboard identified by key was not found.

Dashboard¶

Contains the data associated with a dashboard, there is a name as well as a list of elements, each element identifies an element in the dashboard, these elements are extensible, and can be customised by the user within NEXUS IC itself.

Name	Type	Description	Optional
`name`	string	Name of the dashboard	No
`elements`	Dashboard Element []	List of elements in the dashboard.	No

Dashboard Element¶

Specifies an element in the dashboard, each element contains some base configuration, but each element also contains a data element, and the contains of this JSON object is based entirely on the type of dashboard element. Those elements that you don’t understand can be skipped and not displayed.

Name	Type	Description	Optional
`caption`	string	Caption used for the dashboard element.	No
`type`	string	Specifies the type of element this represents. `table` Table Element `chart` Chart Element `paragraph` Paragraph Element `section` Section Element `image` Image Element	No
`data`	object	Contains the data associated with the element, this is dependant on the element type defined in `type`	No

Table Element¶

Contains the data for a table, a table can be either a normal table, a vertical table or a pivot table. A table may not have any columns, categories or rows, but will have at least columns or ``rows defined. It is assumed that the columns and rows are in matched order, so the first item in each TableRow is the value for the first column.

Name	Type	Description	Optional	Default
`sourceBusinessObject`	String	If there are source rows for Table Row entries, then this will contain the name of the business object that the key values are from.	Yes	null
`columns`	Table Column []	Contains a list of columns for the table.	Yes
`categories`	Table Category []	Contains a list of optional categories for the table columns, generally this are output above the columns, grouping them together.	Yes
`rows`	Table Row []	Contains the rows of data for the table.	Yes

Table Column¶

Name	Type	Description	Optional	Default
`caption`	String	Caption for the column.	No
`alignment`	String	Specifies the way the caption should be align, `center`, `right`, `left`.	Yes	`left`

Table Category¶

Name	Type	Description	Optional	Default
`caption`	String	Caption for the column.	No
`spanColumns`	Integer	Number of columns this category spans.	Yes	1
`alignment`	String	Specifies the way the caption should be align, `center`, `right`, `left`.	Yes	`left`

Table Row¶

Name	Type	Description	Optional	Default
`cells`	Table Cell []	Contains the data for each of the cells of the Table Row.	No
`sourceKey`	Integer	Contains the primary key for the source row applicable to this Table Row.	Yes	null

Table Cell¶

Name	Type	Description	Optional	Default
`value`	String	Contains the value for the column, if a datetime, contains an ISO 8601 formatted date/time. If the time is 00:00:00 it should be omitted from display.	No
`alignment`	String	Specifies the way the caption should be align, `center`, `right`, `left`	Yes	`left`
`sourceBusinessObject`	String	If there are source rows for this Table Cell then this will contain the name of the business object that the key values are from.	Yes	null
`sourceKey`	Integer []	Contains 0 or more primary key values for the source rows applicable to this Table Cell.	Yes	null

Image Element¶

Contains an embedded image, with a caption, should be displayed to the end-user with no interactivity.

Name	Type	Description	Optional	Default
`type`	String	Mime Type of format of image.	No
`image`	String	Base64 encoded imaged	No

Chart Element¶

Specifies the data that is produced when the dashboard element is a chart, a chart can be rendered as either a table of data or a chart itself, decision should be made by the client. A chart element may contain more than 1 Chart, if more than one is output then the Charts will take on the same structure, they will just contain a differing set of data.

Name	Type	Description	Optional	Default
`charts`	Chart []	1 or more charts defined in this Chart Element.	No

Chart¶

Contains a the data for a single chart, for the Chart Element. Each chart can have 1 x and y axis, and then 1 or more series. Eachs series will have a specific type, such as bar, line etc and contain the data for that series.

Name	Type	Description	Optional	Default
`x-axis`	Chart Axis	Defines the x-axis for this chart.	No
`y-axis`	Chart Axis	Defines the y-axis for this chart.	No
`series`	Chart Series []	Defines the y-axis for this chart.	No
`zoomBar`	Boolean	Determines if a zoombar is visible.	Yes	No

Chart Axis¶

Chart Axis defines the specific axis for a chart, such as title and format of data.

Name	Type	Description	Optional	Default
`title`	String	Title for the axis.	Yes	null
`autoScale`	Bool	Specifies whether this axis should auto-scale to fit the data.	Yes	True
`scale`	Float	When `autoScale` is False, then this contains the scale at which the axis should display the data.	Yes	null
`format`	String	Specifies the type of data in the axis, float, int, datetime, string.	No
`granulation`	Integer	Where this is a risk chart, this specifies the number of sections on the axis that have defined ticks.	No
`labels`	String[]	Specifies the labels of each section on the axis, used in conjunction with `granulation`.	No

Chart Series¶

Contains the data for each chart series. A chart series is visually defined by the type that determines how the series points should be displayed to the user.

Name	Type	Description	Optional	Default
`type`	String	Type of Series, point, line, bezier, bar, gantt, verticalLine, horizontalLine, pie, disjointedLine, histogram, shadedSection, polygon, minMax, average, standardDeviation, trendFirstLast, trendLastTwo, trendAll, leastSquares, heatMap	No	null
`name`	String	Name of the series, to be shown in any legend.	Yes	null
`colour`	String	Web Colour	Yes	null (use series colour)
`points`	Chart Point []	Contains the series points to be displayed in the chart series.	No
`opacity`	Float	0 to 1 determining the opacity of the point, 0 is completely transparent, 1 is not transparent at all.	Yes	1
`pointStyle`	String	Style of points for series that have points, circle, square, diamond, cross	Yes	null
`border`	Bool	For points, should a border be painted.	Yes	True
`pointSize`	Number	Size of points, in pixels.	Yes	1
`displayPoints`	Bool	For line series, do we show points for each point on the line.	Yes	False
`shaded`	Bool	Should the space between the line and where X = 0, be shaded.	Yes	False
`showMesh`	Bool	For heatMap and contour series, should a mesh be shown.	Yes	False
`ganttStyle`	String	For Gantt charts, should it be painted as line or bar.	Yes	bar
`shadeInside`	String	For shaded section series, should the shading occur between the bound lines, or outside the bounding lines.	Yes	False
`gradient`	Float	For trend line chart series, this specifies the gradient of each line, if 0, then the trend line is horizontal.	Yes	0

Chart Point¶

Contains the data for each series point. Depending on the series type, it may contain different fields

Name	Type	Description	Optional	Default
`opacity`	Float	0 to 1 determining the opacity of the point, 0 is completely transparent, 1 is not transparent at all.	Yes	1
`label`	String	Point Label	Yes	null
`id`	Number	Unique key for this series for the point	Yes	0
`colour`	String	Web Colour	Yes	null (use series colour)
`x`	Float	X-Value	Yes	null
`y`	Float	Y-Value	Yes	null
`z`	Float	Z-Value	Yes	null
`x2`	Float	Secondary X-Value	Yes	null
`y2`	Float	Secondary Y-Value	Yes	null
`z2`	Float	Secondary Z-Value	Yes	null
`coordinates`	Coordinate []	Polygon series require an array of X,Y points to plot the polygon.	Yes	null

Coordinate¶

Simple array of X,Y coordinates for polygon series.

Name	Type	Description	Optional	Default
`x`	Float	X-Value	Yes	null
`y`	Float	Y-Value	Yes	null

Paragraph Element¶

A paragraph element contains text, generally it does not have a title for the dashboard element, the text may be formatted. It may contain 1 or more paragraphs within it.

Name	Type	Description	Optional	Default
`text`	Paragraph Text []	Contains the values for the paragraph.	No

Paragraph Text¶

Specifies text within a paragraph, including any styling.

Name	Type	Description	Optional	Default
`value`	String	Contains a text string for a paragraph.	Yes
`color`	String	Contains a web colour in #AARRGGBB form.	Yes
`alignment`	String	Alignment, left, center, right.	Yes	left
`text-bold`	Bool	Determines if the text is bold.	Yes	False
`text-underline`	Bool	Determines if the text is underlined.	Yes	False
`text-italic`	Bool	Determines if the text is italic.	Yes	False
`text-size`	Bool	Determines the point size of the text	Yes

Section Element¶

Specifies a new section starts in the elements, allowing the section to define the number of columns the elements are displayed in

Name	Type	Description	Optional	Default
`columns`	Integer	Number of columns the elements should be split into. Columns are consumed, top to bottom, left to right.	Yes	1

Example¶

Generate and return the dashboard for the dashboard identified by the key of 3

Request¶

GET /icweb.dll/dashboard/3

Response¶

{
        "name": "Test Dashboard",
        "elements": [{
                "type": "section",
                "data": {
                        "columns": 2
                }
        }, {
                "type": "table",
                "caption": "Workpack Listing",
                "data": {
                        "columns": [{
                                "caption": "Name"
                        }, {
                                "caption": "Description"
                        }, {
                                "caption": "Read Only"
                        }, {
                                "caption": "Actual Start",
                                "alignment": "right"
                        }, {
                                "caption": "Hours (per day)",
                                "alignment": "center"
                        }, {
                                "caption": "Workpack Group"
                        }],
                        "rows": [{
                                "cells": [{
                                        "value": "Workpack A"
                                }, {
                                        "value": "This is the description for WA"
                                }, {
                                        "value": "No"
                                }, {
                                        "value": "2019-08-26T00:00:00.000Z",
                                        "alignment": "right"
                                }, {
                                        "value": "8",
                                        "alignment": "center"
                                }, {
                                        "value": "Group A"
                                }]
                        }, {
                                "cells": [{
                                        "value": "Workpack B"
                                }, {
                                        "value": "This is the description for WB"
                                }, {
                                        "value": "No"
                                }, {
                                        "value": "2019-08-26T00:00:00.000Z",
                                        "alignment": "right"
                                }, {
                                        "value": "6",
                                        "alignment": "center"
                                }, {
                                        "value": "Group B"
                                }]
                        }]
                }
        }, {
                "type": "paragraph",
                "data": {
                        "text": [
                        {
                                "value": "The above table displays all workpacks.\r",
                                "color": "#0055FF3A",
                                "alignment": "center",
                                "text-bold": true
                        }, {
                                "value": "There should be 2 workpacks in this test."
                        }]
                }
        }, {
                "type": "image",
                "caption": "Drawing Details",
                "data": {
                        "type": "image\/png",
                        "image": "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUh..."
                }
        }]
}