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

Wed Aug 8 15:17:03 UTC 2012

Hey,

I don't understand this one at all - can you clarify, Miro? You can give
dates as YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD and all of that is of course stored,
and, if you do a custom page based on OpenSpending, can be displayed.

Cheers,

 - Friedrich

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 7:53 PM, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org>wrote:

> 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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>>
>>
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