[openspending-dev] Fwd: [OpenSpending] Hi, everybody...

Wed Aug 1 17:53:03 UTC 2012

Hi again Miro,

I'm not sure how to answer these questions about years, the other ones I
have clarification from the developers that it is not currently possible,
but I am making a note for future versions, so I am forwarding your message
on to the dev list so that you get the right answers, first hand!

[...]

@pudo -> question on years?

In fact, although the time value is in the format YYYY, in some cases it is
displayed as 01 January YYYY and I have not found out yet, how to change it
to the YYYY format:

[image: Inline image 2]

In other cases, although the time value is in the format YYYY-MM-DD, it is
dispayed in the browsing entries form in the format YYYY:

[image: Inline image 1]

Lucy

Best regards,

Miro Ščibrany

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org>wrote:

> Hi Miro,
>
> Moving this onto the OpenSpending dev list as I think the topic is
> OpenSpending specific, the address for this list if you are subscribed is
> openspending-dev at lists.okfn.org. Moving OpenSpending discussion list to
> bcc.
>
> Great news that you are working with OpenSpending and your suggestions are
> great. I'll try and answer as many of these queries as I can. I should
> mention also that OpenSpending is an open-source software project, and we
> welcome contributions to the codebase from those wishing to implement new
> features, please do feel free to use this list to bounce ideas around.
>
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 4:49 PM, račan.sk <racan.sk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I would like to ask several questions and discuss some proposals:
>>
>> *Various:*
>> - how can the form for browsing entries be customized? (to decide, which
>> dimensions should be in the main form and which in details etc.)
>>
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by this. Are you referring to which column
> names appear in the tablular view of the data? Names of departments etc
> will not appear in that view unless you enter them as a 'to' dimension.
> Does that help?
>
>
>> - if the column "Time" in the form for browsing entries contains only
>> years (YYYY), is it possible to display it in the same format, i. e. YYYY?
>>
>
> Yes, this should be possible, I have created several datasets where it
> displays like this in the table view. Are you having any issues getting it
> to display?
>
>
>> - "*You cannot edit dimensions while data is loaded...":* would not it
>> be practical to have the choice to display the dimensions model at least in
>> "read-only" mode?.
>>
>
> Agree, this would be useful from my perspective also, I've added an issue
> in Github here where we can have a proper debate with the developers:
>
> https://github.com/openspending/openspending/issues/480
>
>>
>>
>> *The dimensions which are used to slice the dataset by (facets in
>> entries browser): *
>> - would not it be practical to arrange the order (layout) of the facets?
>> - would not it be practical to sort the values in facets in ascending /
>> descending order, and/or to enable finding or filtering values in the lists
>> (dropdowns instead of the list boxes?)?
>>
>
> Again - added as Github tickets here: (feel free to do this with future
> feature requests and then drop a mail to the list for discussion, we can't
> promise when we'll get to them, but it's useful for us to have them
> documented in Github!)
>
> https://github.com/openspending/openspending/issues/481
>
>
>> *Visualisations:*
>> - can they be modified/deleted?
>>
>
> Yes! Underneath the visualisation in the bottom right, there is a 'change'
> button.
>
>
>> - would´not it by practical to Save or Save As design changes made by the
>> user in the Change mode?
>>
>
> Not sure I understand. It is possible to save and name a visualisation.
> Could you clarify?
>
>
>> - I would appreciate a radio button enabling / disabling the Years filter
>> (there are case I would like to see complete data, not only data for a
>> specific year)
>>
>
> Interesting point, we'd need to think how this played out in conveying the
> message of the data, but I've added a ticket for debate here:
>
> https://github.com/openspending/openspending/issues/482
>
>
>> - TreeMap:
>>   - I would appreciate displaying time period, filter conditions and
>> Total amount
>>   - I would appreciate a radio button to switch between display absolute
>> values / percentage against the total
>>
>
> Again, added:
>
> https://github.com/openspending/openspending/issues/483
>
> *Timeseries:*
>> - will it be (in future) possible to display datasets as timeseries on
>> the OpenSpending.org?
>> (someting like these timeseries:
>> http://www.racan.sk/2012/05/rozpocet-mc-raca-2012-vydaje.html)
>>
>
> I shall speak to the developers and find out!
>
> Sorry not to have been of immediate help in all of your queries, but hope
> to have been of some use regarding changing the visualisations.
>
> Please do keep talking to us and telling us about how you'd like to use
> OS. Could you tell me a bit more about the project you are working on, or
> are you simply experimenting with the platform?
>
> Lucy
>
>
>
>
>>
>> Thanks for any answers / suggestions.
>> Best regards
>> Miro Ščibrany
>> račan.sk <http://www.racan.sk>
>>
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