Hi: I am migrating 3 charts (mixed - bar/line, stacked bar) from DB1 and I can’t get the first one to work (haven’t tried others). I was looking for examples using chart.js charts with DB2, but I could not find any. Are there any changes to how things work with chart.js now? I don’t think the new …

Hi, this is a bit rough and is based on the way that the input data is formatted but it seems to work [{"id":"6726ee73c817de56","type":"inject","z":"506727cd93754bdb","name":"Inject 1","props":[{"p":"labels","v":"[\"Jan\",\"Feb\",\"Mar\",\"Apr\",\"May\",\"Jun\",\"Jul\",\"Aug\",\"Sep\",\"Oct\",\"Nov…

Some examples for you to investigate [image] How to create a climograph? Dashboard Dear all! "Climographs display data for two variables …" ( Climograph - Wikipedia ) Basically temperature and som water-related stuff. Two axes: left: temp, right: precipitation,…

Thanks - I will take a deeper look. At first glance, the examples are about setting up charts using chart.js. I already have that working in DB1, so I’m not starting from scratch. It’s when I move that code to DB2 that nothing happens and I’m trying to figure out what changes may be required. If I …

I looked at your sample code in the linked post and I’m not sure what changes I have to make. You mentioned that the template stuff had changed but the rest is the same. I tried to compare my working DB1 code with your DB2 sample and I’m quire confused :frowning:. Any help would be really appreciate…

@hotNipi - I’m still trying to work through your example of the chart.js chart (Water Stuff, Temperature). It works perfectly if I copy and paste your configuration into a template node. However, your template has the data values hard coded and I will need to pass those values in. In DB1, I was bui…

Well - I hit the next roadblock☹️. I’ve gotten the chart formatted and working but I cannot get the chart to refresh UNTIL I physically refresh the dashboard page. Sample Chart: [image] In the debug panel, I can see the changed dates being sent and the updated SQL statement returning the data, b…

[image] Buckskin: it seems to work It does! I’m also trying to understand what would cause this, so if you could explain the changes, I would really appreciate it. As far as I can see, the changes were in the “export” section: Your code: <script> export default { data()…

@Buckskin - I got it working!! And ChatGPT (after 2 days) was finally able to simplify the code a bit. Below is the flow in case it helps someone: [{"id":"f8c7169724fa4baf","type":"inject","z":"3d460c91742c0584","name":"Updated Meter Data (w/payload1)","props":[{"p":"payload"}],"repeat":"","cronta…

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