The sys-info component

Introduction

You can retrieve system meta-information to support the development process of widgets or you can add system meta information to custom visualizatons using the qw-sys-info component. The following system metadata information can be retrieved:

• All apps.
• Sheets and objects in the current app.
• Visualizations in the current app.
• Dimensions and measures in the current app.
• All visualization extensions available.
• All widgets available.
• All bookmarks available.
• All current selections.
• All master objects.

Usage

Html:

<qw-sys-info content="sheets">
    <ul style="margin-left:20px;">
        <li ng-repeat="sheet in sheets"
            ng-bind="sheet.qMeta.title" />
    </ul>
</qw-sys-info>

Result:
(when Helpdesk Management app is selected)

Properties

The following properties can be used, separated by commas to fetch system information:

• apps
• sheets
• fields
• measures
• dimensions
• extensions
• bookmarks
• currentselections
• masterobjects
• visualizations

Multiple information

You can not only fetch one entity but you can combine multiple as shown in the example below:

<qw-sys-info content="dimensions,measures">
    <b>Dimensions:</b><br>
    <ul style="margin-left:20px;">
        <li ng-repeat="dimension in dimensions" ng-bind="dimension.qMeta.title">
    </li></ul>
    <b>Measures:</b><br>
    <ul style="margin-left:20px;">
        <li ng-repeat="measure in measures" ng-bind="measure.qMeta.title">
    </li></ul>
</qw-sys-info>