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}

POST /icweb.dll/dashboard/{key}

URI Parameters

Name

In

Required

Type

Description

Default

key

Path

Yes

Integer

Key associated with dashboard.

parameters

Body

Yes

Parameter []

List of parameters that the report requires.

No

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.

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

style

Style

Defines the style of this cell.

Yes

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 cell value should be align, center, right, left

Yes

left

style

Style

Defines the style of this cell.

Yes

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 series data for this chart.

No

seriesSources

Chart Series Source []

Defines the source data used for each of the chart series.

No

zoomBar

Boolean

Determines if a zoombar is visible.

Yes

No

showCount

string

One of 3 values, none (don’t display count), series (display the count per series) or chart (show total for all series).

Yes

none

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

showTitle

Bool

Should the title be shown for this axis.

Yes

True

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

id

String

Contains a global unique identifier to allow matching to the seriesSources containing the source rows used to generate the series data.

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

lineWeight

Number

Weight of lines, in pixels for series that draw lines.

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 point in this series.

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

Chart Series Source

Contains the data for the raw data used to generate the chart series.

Name

Type

Description

Optional

Default

seriesId

String

Series identifier to match to the chart series

No

sources

Chart Point Source []

Contains a list of sources for each point. This may not contain an item for each point in the chart series if the source isn’t able to be determined.

Yes

null

Chart Point Source

Contains the data for a single point in a chart series. To match a chart point to a point source, the seriesId and pointId need to both match to first find the Chart Series Source and then the corresponding Chart Point Source

Name

Type

Description

Optional

Default

pointId

Number

Id of the point this source corresponds to.

No

sourceBusinessObject

String

Name of the business object the sourceKey are contained in.

No

sourceKey

Number []

List of 0 or more keys that were used to generate the chart series point.

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

Style

Specifies style of an element.text within a paragraph, including any styling.

Name

Type

Description

Optional

Default

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

background-color

String

Contains a web colour in #AARRGGBB form.

Yes

font-name

String

Contains the name of the font to be used.

Yes

space-before

String

Number of pixels before element.

Yes

space-after

String

Number of pixels after element.

Yes

padding-left

String

Number of pixels inside the element on the left before content.

Yes

padding-right

String

Number of pixels inside the element on the right after content.

Yes

vertical-align

String

Vertical alignment of element (top, middle, bottom).

Yes

top

text-orientation

String

Orientation of text (leftToRight, topToBottom, bottomToTop).

Yes

leftToRight

border-xxx-color

String

Colour of the border in web format (xxx is left, top, right, bottom, inner-vert, inner-horz).

Yes

border-xxx-width

String

Width of the border in pixels (xxx is left, top, right, bottom, inner-vert, inner-horz)

Yes

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..."
                        }
                }, {
                        "type": "chart",
                        "caption": "Test Chart",
                        "data": {
                                "charts": [{
                                                "x-axis": {
                                                        "title": "Anomaly Code",
                                                        "format": "label"
                                                },
                                                "y-axis": {
                                                        "title": "Count",
                                                        "format": "integer"
                                                },
                                                "series": [{
                                                                "id": "{860BF005-A81D-45A9-B57E-7F0497347442}",
                                                                "type": "pie",
                                                                "name": "Anomaly Code",
                                                                "points": [{
                                                                                "label": "C3",
                                                                                "id": 3,
                                                                                "x": 3,
                                                                                "y": 1
                                                                        }, {
                                                                                "label": "C2",
                                                                                "id": 2,
                                                                                "x": 2,
                                                                                "y": 2
                                                                        }, {
                                                                                "label": "C1",
                                                                                "id": 1,
                                                                                "x": 1,
                                                                                "y": 3
                                                                        }
                                                                ]
                                                        }
                                                ],
                                                "seriesSources": [{
                                                                "seriesId": "{860BF005-A81D-45A9-B57E-7F0497347442}",
                                                                "sources": [{
                                                                                "pointId": 3,
                                                                                "sourceBusinessObject": "Anomaly",
                                                                                "sourceKey": [6]
                                                                        }, {
                                                                                "pointId": 2,
                                                                                "sourceBusinessObject": "Anomaly",
                                                                                "sourceKey": [4, 5]
                                                                        }, {
                                                                                "pointId": 1,
                                                                                "sourceBusinessObject": "Anomaly",
                                                                                "sourceKey": [1, 2, 3]
                                                                        }
                                                                ]
                                                        }
                                                ]
                                        }
                                ]
                        }
                }
        ]
}