Editing Widgets

To edit an existing widget or its metadata, the Ocean Watch data team uses the advanced_chart_widget_edit script and the advanced_chart_widget_metadata_edit script respectively. Add the widget ID and simply fill in the properties you would like to change and comment out those that you do not. If making minor changes, it can be helpful to first make an API call to the widget endpoint, copy the properties you wish to edit, and edit them in a text editor before copying them into the script. If making larger edits, consult the wiki page for the specific type of widget you are creating.

Updating widgets

Components of widgets that are likely to need updating after an underlying dataset is updated

Map widgets

• Layers: Most recent year or other new layer
• Title and widget metadata: If the title or description contains a year, be sure to update
• Links: Please ensure the links are directing to the newest version of the data

Chart widget

• Post-processing clacs table: Some widgets require additional data processing outside the initial upload of a dataset. See the widget folder in the repository to see if any post-processing analysis is involved in the workflow for a given widget. If so, follow the necessary steps outlined in the README to update the post-processing "calculations" table as well.
• url query: in the widgetConfig property you may need to update the query to pull in a new table, a new year, or a subset of the data
• Title and widget metadata: If the title or description contains a year, be sure to update
• Links: Please ensure the links are directing to the newest version of the data