MindSphere Web Components
Aspect Variable Selector

The Aspect Variable Selector allows users to select one or multiple variables or aspects of one or more assets.

It can be configured to only display dynamic or static aspects, or variables of a specific datatype.

Example

Interface

Selector

<mdsp-aspect-variable-selector></mdsp-aspect-variable-selector>

Properties

Name	Type	Corresponding attribute	Default	Description	Allowed Values
category	string	category	Dynamic	Configures a category of aspects to be displayed.	- Dynamic - Static - All
context	string	context		Configures the context of the component. See also here.
dataTypes	string	data-types		Configures the data type of variables to be displayed. Lists of data types are separated by commas, e.g. data-types = "INT,LONG,DOUBLE"	- BOOLEAN - INT - LONG - DOUBLE - STRING - BIG_STRING - TIMESTAMP
errorNotification	boolean	error-notification		Enables error control if an error is thrown. This can be used for debug purposes. For productive use, the error event should be caught and handled in the application. See also here.
locale	string	locale		Specifies the locale in which the component is displayed. The locales en and de are provided by default. See also here.
localeManager	LocaleManager			Returns a LocaleManager object. This can be used to add locales or to get the locale settings. See also here.
model	IDataModel			Returns an object for data model handling, refer to IDataModel model.
selectedAssetIds	string			Configures the assets whose aspects and variables are displayed using a string array of asset IDs.
sharedAssets	boolean	shared-assets	false	Specifies whether shared assets from other tenants are supported.
timeSeriesInfo	boolean	time-series-info	false	Specifies whether time series information are visible or not.
variablePaths	ITimeSeriesPathInfo			Specifies an array of objects which defines the selected aspects/variables.
view	IViewModel			Returns an object for view handling, refer to IViewModel model.
viewMode	string	view-mode	Aspects	Configures the view mode.	- All - Aspects - Variables - AspectsAsDropDown - VariablesAsDropDown - AllAsDropDown - VariableSingleSelection

Events

Name	Type	Description
selectedAspectsAndVariablesChanged	EventEmitter<IAspectVariablesSelection[]>	Triggered when the selected aspect or variable is changed. The event.detail property contains an array of Asset objects, refer to Asset model. Each Asset object states the asset ID and an asset.aspectDefinition property which lists the selected aspects/variables.
connected	EventEmitter<any>	Triggered after the component is created, initialized and appended to the DOM tree.
error	EventEmitter<MdspUiError>	Triggered when an error occurs in the component or while accessing APIs. See also here.

Models

IAspectVariablesSelection

interface IAspectVariablesSelection {
    assets: Asset[];
}

Asset

class Asset implements IAsset {
    public assetId: string;
    public tenantId: string;
    public name: string;
    public etag: number;
    public externalId: string;
    public t2Tenant: string;
    public description: string;
    public parentId: string;
    public typeId: string;
    public location: ILocation;
    public variables: any[];
    public aspects: any[];
    public deleted: string;
    public _links: any;
    public aspectsDefinition: IAspect[];
}

IAspect

interface IAspect {
    name: string;
    holderAssetId: string;
    aspectTypeId: string;
    aspectTypeName: string;
    category: AspectCategory;
    description: string;
    variables: IVariable[];
}

IVariable

interface IVariable {
    name: string;
    dataType: VariableDataType;
    unit: string | null;
    searchable: boolean;
    length: number | null;
    qualityCode: boolean;
}

IDataModel

interface IDataModel {
  // forces reload of data // forces reload of data, e.g. re-loading the aspects / variables
  refresh(): void;
}

IViewModel

interface IViewModel {
  refresh(): void;
}

Remarks

• The Aspect Variable Selector currently supports up to 5 assets with up to 10 aspects each, where each aspect has up to 10 variables.

Roles

• mdsp:core.AssetManagement.xxx (Asset Management API is used)

Optional: * mdsp:core:iot.timUser (if property time-series-info is set to true)

Snippets

Display Aspects in a flat list

<mdsp-aspect-variable-selector view-mode="Aspects"></mdsp-aspect-variable-selector>

Display Variables in a flat list

<mdsp-aspect-variable-selector view-mode="Variables"></mdsp-aspect-variable-selector>

Display Aspects and their Variables in a flat list

<mdsp-aspect-variable-selector view-mode="All"></mdsp-aspect-variable-selector>

Display Aspects in a Drop-Down List

<mdsp-aspect-variable-selector view-mode="AspectsAsDropDown"></mdsp-aspect-variable-selector>

Display Variables in a Drop-Down List

<mdsp-aspect-variable-selector view-mode="VariablesAsDropDown"></mdsp-aspect-variable-selector>

Display Aspects and their Variables in a Drop-Down List

<mdsp-aspect-variable-selector view-mode="AllAsDropDown"></mdsp-aspect-variable-selector>

Display Aspects and their Variables in a single selection mode

The single selection mode fires a selectedAspectsAndVariablesChanged event when you press the add button of a variable. The detail of this event contains only the variable the user clicked on.
Aspects of the asset are shown, but not selectable.

<mdsp-aspect-variable-selector view-mode="VariableSingleSelection"></mdsp-aspect-variable-selector>

Update an Time Series Chart with the selected Variables

The following attributes are recommended when the selected variable is to be displayed in an Time Series Chart:

• category="Dynamic": only show dynamic aspects
• data-types="INT,LONG,DOUBLE,BOOLEAN": list only datatypes supported by the Time Series Chart

<mdsp-aspect-variable-selector category="Dynamic" data-types="INT,LONG,DOUBLE,BOOLEAN" view-mode="All"></mdsp-aspect-variable-selector>

When the user changes the selection, an event is triggered. Use the detail property of this event to update the variablePaths parameter of the Time Series Chart:

 aspectVariableSelectorComp.addEventListener('selectedAspectsAndVariablesChanged', function (eventParams) {
            timeSeriesChart.variablePaths = eventParams.detail;
        });

Indicator when aspect holds time series data

<mdsp-aspect-variable-selector time-series-info="true"></mdsp-aspect-variable-selector>

Scope

Please note, that for this attribute, the time series read scope must be configured in the Developer Cockpit.

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