Posted by R.J. Steinert on March 10, 2011 at 7:42pm
The BoF this afternoon at DrupalCon Chicago was a great success with many individuals coming forward explaining their upcoming Drupal projects that will require charts and graphs. For those comfortable sharing, I propose we post our use cases here to help connect those with similar needs who may then be able to work together. If you don't want to reveal exactly what project you're working, then a general use case will do.
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Sensor Hub, analyzing sensor data over time
I'm working on a project called Sensor Hub which now uses (as of Sensor Hub Beta 2) the charts_graphs module, views_charts module, views 3 module, date module, and a the charts_graphs_flot module to display sensor data over time. You can check out the very unpolished working example of it at: http://cloacina.sensorhub.org (click the pager for page 2 to see a nice display of the data, page 1 just shows a big gap in our reporting due to hardware development :-P)
Future development plans include:
Strict x axis bounds as defined in the Date filters.
Improved pager for data (currently selecting the next page brings you back in time so pages really don't make much sense)
Improved performance
Improved loading aesthetics
Ability to have more than one graph per page (currently a problem because of the way the Javascript aggregates the grouped sets of data)
Notes:
The charts_graphs_flot module is currently on github https://github.com/rjstatic/drupal_charts_graphs_flot
and requires a patch to the views_charts module http://drupal.org/node/869138#comment-4170074
This may move to the Drupal 6 branch of charts_graphs, the upcoming Drupal 7 branch of charts_graphs, or a seperate project page altogether.
Project Links:
http://drupal.org/project/charts_graphs
http://drupal.org/project/sensor_hub
http://drupal.org/project/date
http://drupal.org/project/views_charts
https://github.com/rjstatic/drupal_charts_graphs_flot
required patch -> http://drupal.org/node/869138#comment-4170074
Thanks...
For organizing and leading the BoF today. Use cases to come...
Troy K. Schneider
http://www.newamerica.net
http://www.troyschneider.com
http://twitter.com/TroySchneider