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JuliaDawkins

Add 'undo' for VIEW

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 08-31-2010 01:11 PM 14 Comment

Having 'undo' in REPORT is great, and would be just as great in VIEW!  Removing and adding channels from a 2D axis would be my favorite use of an "undo" function. 

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MFGC

Curve and AxisDefinition config window in DIAdem VIEW

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 04-15-2014 08:01 AM 6 Comment

In VIEW tab, when working with 2D-graphs some times it is useful to change the line width, the background color, the axis color, the line style... as in the REPORTER tab because for analyzing and studying the data before having the final data to report, the VIEW tab offers much more comfort. The Curve and Axis Definition in REPORT can replace the current 2D Axis System Display window:

 

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JuliaDawkins

Default setting for VIEW legend items

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 09-20-2019 01:24 PM 1 Comment

When I create a new 2D curve (or drag and drop from another area) in VIEW, I always get “name and unit” for the legend items.  For a table, it’s always Name, Group name, Length and Unit.

 

I'd like these defaults to be customized. For example, if I always want just name for my 2D axis system legends, I'd like to set this somewhere.  I think a great place would be in "DIAdem Settings -> General" near the "Colors" area.  

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jtagg

DIAdem VIEW zoom improvements

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Active Participant on 10-04-2013 06:22 AM 5 Comment

I'd like to propose a few improvements to the zoom functionality in DIAdem VIEW that are sorely missing usability-wise:

 

  1. Vertical band zoom: This would allow one to zoom in on a specific part of the y axis without touching the x axis. We have the horizontal, why not vertical?
  2. Sticky zoom button: When I want to zoom in to a specific part of a graph in successive steps, I have to click on the zoom button each time. It would be great to be able to click on it once to activate the zoom tool and to be able to zoom several times. (Not sure what the best mechanism is, but maybe a click with modifier key? Ctrl+click on zoom button keeps it active?)
  3. Zoom stack with undo: Following on from point 2, when I zoom in in successive steps, it would be nice to be able to go back to the previous zoom level. Right now I can only do a generic zoom out or cancel all zooming. It could simply be an extra button in the zoom palette that goes back up one level in the zoom stack (like an undo. It could even be integrated into a more generic undo functionality if it ever comes about.)

 

I think that for points 2 and 3 there are several ways this could be done. I think the focus should be on usability. The user needs to be able to navigate the data as quickly and as efficiently as possible and the current zoom implementation is clearly impractical for many users.

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JuliaDawkins

Add more VIEW legend options

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 10-05-2018 10:48 AM 1 Comment

Add more options for VIEW legends:

- legend position - top/bottom/left instead of only right

- allow floating legend

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Flyfisherman

Configurable background color for VIEW

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 09-13-2010 02:53 PM 7 Comment

Allow the background color for the VIEW window to be changed. Ideally to black to match the default color on LabVIEW graphs and charts. Difficult to see the lighter colors (yellow, orange) on a white background.

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JoshRew

Assignment Channel Table Format

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 03-08-2018 10:12 AM 1 Comment

Assignment channels are useful for converting extremely long text channels with repeated values into numeric channels for saving, but I feel like viewing the text values in table format is clumsy as it requires converting the channel back to text or manually looking up the value in the Assignments property "Parameters" dialog.

 

I would like to see a native option in the "Format" box to directly display the assignment text rather than the numeric value for assignment channels in VIEW and REPORT tables.

For example, in the Format Numbers dialog, in addition to Automatic ("AutoAdj"), Number ("d.dd"), Date/Time ("#mm/dd/yyyy"), etc. entries, you would also see Assignment ("Assign") option.  This would allow you to display the numeric value by default as it works today (to preserve efficiency in VIEW and backwards compatibility), or be able to see the text directly in the table.

 

A few challenges:

  • I assume this would make the channel read-only in VIEW, as the .Values AssignmentChannel property is today.
  • Displaying of text values for unassigned numeric ranges.  Probably just stick with "NOVALUE", but could also do "UNASSIGNED"?

 

I believe the same visibility could be accomplished through an X-Table toggling between .Values and .DValues, so hopefully it wouldn't be too difficult to accomplish natively.

 

I've attached some image mock-ups for clarity.

 

-Josh

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JuliaDawkins

Add conditional formatting for VIEW and REPORT tables

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 08-31-2010 01:24 PM 7 Comment

Having a similar conditional formatting functionality as Excel would help a lot of people transition to DIAdem.

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JuliaDawkins

Add features for plotting/viewing data properties

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 10-10-2019 10:34 AM 1 Comment

In general, DIAdem does not handle single-value data well.  I think the argument would be “if a data channel only has one value this should be meta-data” and I agree, but DIAdem doesn’t 

have great options for viewing/plotting metadata. 

 

Suggested improvements:

  • allow dragging properties into a table
  • allow plotting property over multiple channels (without having to create channel containing property data)
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frago

Scatter Plot Option

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 09-14-2012 01:40 AM 7 Comment

In many cases a scatter plot is necessary to evaluate measured data. A direct option to select a scatter plot chart in the 2D-axes Dialogbox

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would improve the usability of Diadem VIEW a lot.

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JoshRew

Configurable Default View Graph Settings

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 08-01-2011 02:00 PM 2 Comment

Rather than asking for a change to the "Repeat Marker" to plot all the points (we'd prefer "Repeat Marker" in DIAdem VIEW to be "Every N Points" where N = 1 rather than "Up to N Points" where N = 100), I think it would be great if we could have a configurable DIAdem default set of VIEW items that could be saved via usercommand, script, or a file configuration so we could conveniently spread it to our users.

This could include colors, points and/or lines, "Repeat Markers" configuration, line width/size/fill.

 

The "Repeat Markers" option is the most important to us because we have had users in the past who didn't realize that they were only seeing 100 points of their data, which can be a very bad thing (for example if you've turned off curve color and are looking for outliers in 150 points of data).  On the other hand, I can understand not wanting to plot 2 billion points on a graph, hence the ability for an administrative body (or individual users) to configure the graph defaults.

 

-Josh

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JoshRew

Copy VIEW Sheet

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 10-17-2011 03:46 PM 5 Comment

In DIAdem 2011 we now have the ability to conveniently Copy REPORT sheets and Append VIEW sheets, now it'd be great if we could Copy VIEW sheets (with script accessibility, of course).

 

I know this has been mentioned before, but doesn't have an "Idea Post" so thought I'd add it so it doesn't get lost.

 

-Josh

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JuliaDawkins

Add more events for DIAdem VIEW

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 01-23-2020 02:02 PM 1 Comment

I'd like more events in DIAdem VIEW, similar to REPORT.  The one I'd like most is: OnLayoutLoaded

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JuliaDawkins

Replicate REPORT "Manage..." sheets behavior to VIEW

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 10-05-2018 10:52 AM 1 Comment

When I right-click on a REPORT sheet, I have the option to "manage..." sheets.  There is a similar but less functional dialog available in VIEW.  I would like all of the functionality of REPORT "manage..." sheets in VIEW.

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sg000

View Filter by Channel Values

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 03-02-2016 02:39 PM 3 Comment

In some advanced Data Visualization products, once you've created your views, you can filter out what is shown by selecting one of the channels and assigning filtering on that Channel. So suppose, I Chart A and B vs. C. I can then tell the chart to only show me data points where A is between 5 and 10. OR, even better, some allow you to show only A data points where D is between two values. OR, even better, if E is a category like "fruit" I can ask it to show me only the values of A that correspond with fruit channel E being "orange".

 

Excel accomplishes this by using the Autofilter on your data. Of course, it becomes global for all the charts that refer to that data at that moment in time, but at least it can be done quite simply.

 

The only two acceptable ways known to do this in Diadem are both tedious to set up and laborous to repeat.

1) Write what is probably a complex script to import the data in the first place. Every time parameters for the filtering change, the data must be re-imported. UGH!

2) Write a script to copy the data from main group to a sub group and the script performs the filter. Again, every time parameters for the filtering change, re-run the script. Nevermind the enormous coding time to create a flexible enough script.

 

I realize the end-user is probably different, but Tableau does an excellent job with visualization, and does this feature seamlessly.

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JuliaDawkins

Add VIEW "new layout" general setting

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 09-08-2022 06:40 PM 2 Comment

Either change the VIEW settings "default file" behavior to include when a user selects a "new layout" or add a new setting called "new layout file".  

 

From a user perspective I think the "layout parameters" settings are a little confusing.  It is confusing to alter a setting, then choose a "new" VIEW layout and have that setting disappear.  I think many users would enjoy being able to control the "new" VIEW layout as well as the VIEW layout that loads upon program load.

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IanDeaville(ZF)

Curve-related Scaling - make Global, Shared, or Loadable

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 03-11-2020 12:19 PM 1 Comment

I use n Systems Y-axis viewing a lot, often with groups of channels defined into common axes with Curve Related Scaling.  The only way to save this is in a TDV file, which locks it into that specific layout.  I cannot share a scaling definition with another View area or sheet in the same layout - I have to manuall enter all the details again every time.  

Would it be posisble to allow Curve-related Scaling settings to be sharable in some way, so they can be more easily re-used both within a single session, and across sessions, independently of the complete TDV layout?

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JuliaDawkins

Return "selected columns in VIEW channel table" in script

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 08-01-2019 02:20 PM 1 Comment

I’d like to be able to write a script that would tell me which columns a user has selected in a VIEW channel table (for example, the blue columns shown in the attached image). 

 

 

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strapag

Color Channel in Map View

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 11-20-2018 09:20 AM 1 Comment

It would be helpful if the Colorchannel in Map VIew can be customized (by color and by according value-range). Users would be able to to their own color channels, and value ranges.

 

 

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