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The BIRT report view only plots the relative value of a single property. It would be better to allow it to plot the values of multiple properties.
Created attachment 80003 [details] Shows all properteis in the time series display Shows all properteis in the time series display
I applied the patch and got a compilation error in ChartCanvas.java line 364, getPrefernceSet() was undefined for VisualizationPreferencePage. Also, I don't like that the getProperties() method in PropertySelector is made public in the patch. This exposes the implementation details of the Widget. If it is changed at a later date (likely) to use a different method of maintaining the set of properties that are available for selection, then there will need to be changes in (newly) dependent code that doesn't currently exist. Solution, for the moment, use more than one instance of the PropertySelector until it can support multiple property selection in a generic manner without knowledge of its implementation.
Created attachment 80253 [details] Stand Alone Time series Patch Stand Alone Time series Patch does not required changes to property selector, Gets all properties to display from the decorator using it's own property sieve.
I checked in a new, simpler, Stand Alone Time series Patch does not required changes to property selector, Gets all properties to display from the decorator using it's own property sieve. This resolves the bug by using a single property selector and getting the list of displayable properties from the decorator. However, we need to modify the property selector either providing a constructor constant that allows us to hide the second (property) combo box - not used here, or to create a hierarchy with a top level "DecoratorSelector" class and a PropertySelector that inherits from it.
Committed patch from 10-12
I've been looking at how best to allow multiple property selection using the PropertySeleciton Widget and I'm not coming to any great conclusions on a solution. The current CombBox approach works well for single selection, but the alternatives for multiple selection don't really seem appropriate. We could replace the property ComboBox with a List that allows multiple selection, but that would require either more space than we want to give it or a scroll bar on the list of properties. The other problem is that selecting multiple properties with a List isn't quite intuitive as it requires one to hold down the control key when making the selection, and then any selection without the control key causes all the other selections to be discarded. I also looked at ExpandBar, but it doesn't seem to be what we want. I was thinking of replacing the ComboBox with a menu that allowed multiple properties to be selected, with the selected ones being marked by a check mark. This doesn't seem like quite the right context in which to place a menu. Two other options come to mind. 1) Add "radio buttons", one for each property, to the Time Series composite where the current color legend is. This could do double duty by being both a legend and a means for selecting the properties to display, 2) Add a pop-up menu for property selection much like the pop-up menu on the Map view. #1 is more attractive to me.
This bug is resolved already
How is it resolved? It isn't possible to select what gets displayed?
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