Chart with Habpanel and rr4dj

Setup, Configuration and Use Beginners
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Hello,
I am trying to configure a chart to display the future temperatures where I live using the 5h forecast of the fmiweather binding. I got an item showing this temperature, and tried setting up peresistence using rr4dj. If I got the documentation correctly, I just need to enter the item and the strategy into the rr4dj.persist file, and it should start logging it.
However, I selected the item (the 5h forecast temp) in the Habpanel chart, but there is no data getting shown. Am I missing on some step? Is there another item I need to select?
this is my .persist file:

Strategies
{
   everyMinute  : "0 * * * * ?"
   everyHour    : "0 0 * * * ?"
   everyDay     : "0 0 0 * * ?"
   default = everyChange
}


Items
    {
         VorhersageTemperatur_5h : strategy = everyMinute, everyChage, restoreOnStartup
    }

PS: I get nothing in the logs considering rr4dj, so I assume it is working. It just tells me the .peresist file has been updated when I change sth.

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Is the rrd4j persistence service installed?
Do you have the .rrd file under var/lib/openhab2/persistence/rrd4j ?

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Both yes
should the .rrd file be human readable?
because if I cat it, it is just partly human readable

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No, you can’t read it directly. Use the REST Api to check the values in this database.
I’d check with a basic sitemap containing a chart first (that is not that difficult).

What are the complete settings you used for displaying the chart in HABPanel?

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I seem to have gotten something on my ipad, but it uses the same configuration as the laptop, I am just trying to get a simple panel to work.
I am using the n3-interactive-line chart. The “persistenzdienst” is set to rrd4j. “Zeitraum” to 12h. Axsis min to -20, max to 40. Ticks to 1. I chose a green as a line color and activated points area, etc.
also I activated live update, and the continue other data options. And of course, I selected the correct item.

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As in you have a somewhat functioning chart on this tablet?

7

not any more since I hit refresh. Could it be, that I just need to let it sit for a while?
I have been trying for a couple of hours, but there is nothing on any monitor right now.

8

I have not selected anything on the tab about min/max and ticks. Did you select the item as series on the third tab?

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Yes, I did, and it seems that the panel indeed is making the graph, but it needs to sit there for a while. Is this expected?
I assumed it would just take the data from the last 12h and output it into the graph. Also I miss the numbers on the axis, but this seems to be a cosmetic change to be done in the future.

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For me ( being on the local lan) it takes a second and then the whole chart is displayed.

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Okay, so I observed the behaviour some more:
If it sits there, it starts to take data points. It will slowly start displaying them on the line. But the first entry displayed is always the one from when I loaded the panel. It does not display any points from before I loaded the panel.

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That’s how my chart for the last 24 houres shows.
Are you restarting the persistence service somehow all the time?
Again, try it with the more basic charts on a sitemap first.

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I am at least not doing so on purpose. I now created a chart in a sitemap, with the following parameters:

Chart item=VorhersageTemperatur_5h period=8h refresh=300

It just does not show anything either.
Could you maybe let me know a configuration you have known working?
Additionaly, the minimum config would be to have the everyMinute strategy active, wouldn’t it?

Edit:
It seems, that the issue is, that the persistence service is not working correctly. I used the REST API to try and get the available items of the persistance service. I only have rrd4j installed, and it does not give me any available items with persistance.
However: Now it works… I get data into the charts just as I wanted to. I don’t know why, but it seems solved.

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Out of the sudden sounds odd!
My setup should be essentialy as yours.
How did you check with the REST API? If I remember correctly the call for all items that use a specific persistence service does not work.
You need to do thecall that takes the persistence service and the item name. Note you get a return that covers the last 24h unless you give a start and end time.

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