Accessing row data from table or matrix data view mapping.

[absmiths]

I think this is a very basic question, but I am trying to process the data in a custom visual, and I can't figure out how to get it!  I have data roles defined thusly (mostly from guessing and looking at the sample bar chart and the schema):

"dataRoles": [

        {

            "displayName": "Measured Depth",

            "name": "measuredDepth",

            "kind": "Grouping"

        },

        {

            "displayName": "Is Planned",

            "name": "isPlanned",

            "kind": "Grouping"

        },

...

        {

            "displayName": "Dog Leg Severity",

            "name": "dogLegSeverity",

            "kind": "Grouping"

        }

And my data view mapping:

"matrix": {"rows": { "select": [

                    {"for": {"in": "measuredDepth"}},

                    {"for": {"in": "isPlanned"}},

...

                    {"for": {"in": "dogLegSeverity"}}

                ]

            }}

And lastly in my visual.ts update method:

var dv = options.dataViews;

var mtrxData = dv[0].matrix;

When I get to this point I am lost.  When I inspect the object I can't tell how to get data out.  All I want to do is iterate over the values for my inputs, meaning go row-by-row and access each input as a column.  What I really want is described as the table data view mapping, but I have 8 different required inputs and I didn't want to use just one big input role.  I know this requirement is odd, but my users really want a graphic (not an analytic) that graphs several data points, with no aggregation of any kind, in an extremely proprietary visual.

[v-viig · Accepted solution]

Please use table data-mapping instead of matrix since you need to rows only and there's no need to generate a hierarchy.

Please use options.dataViews[0].table.rows to enumerate data-rows.

You can console log the data view object to understand its structure deeper.

Ignat Vilesov,

Software Engineer

Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

pbicvsupport@microsoft.com

[absmiths]

Thank you Ignat for your response!  I had tried that, but my mistake was doing it like this:

"table": {"rows": { "select": [

    {"for": {"in": ["measuredDepth","isPlanned"]}}

  ]

}}

I got an error that "in" cannot accept an array, so I wrongly concluded that it could only accept a single field.  This works nicely:

"table": {"rows": { "select": [

    {"for": {"in": "measuredDepth"}},

    {"for": {"in": "isPlanned"}}

  ]

}}

Thanks again!

[Anonymous]

Thanks for posting your solution, but could you also tell how it is possible to access the content of a special table cell (e.g. row=3, column=1) from the table in typescript?

Or can anybody else help with this?