Hi Tim, this sounds like a good idea! We could either display the tree, which would require for a new UI widget and static property, or we could maybe just transform the tree to a flat list and show it in the UI without any modifications to the core.
Probably Philipp also has some thoughts on this? Dominik On 2020/10/29 13:12:41, udeho <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > in the last days I have done some tests with the current version of the OPC > UA adapter and looked for improvements. > One important aspect that I noticed quickly is the support of multiple nodes > that are connected to the base node specified in the adapter. > In the current state of the adapter, the getSchema method uses the specified > node as a starting point and conducts a search for connected nodes. > As soon as all connected nodes are found, all variables are displayed > together as a list in the EventSchema. > At this point, I think Streampipes could better support the hierarchical > nature of OPC UA. > One idea, which has already been raised by Philipp, would be to visualized > all variables found in the nodes in a tree structure, > so the user can see the hierarchical structure at first glance and can easily > select the variables of interest. > > What do you think? Would you agree that this is a useful aspect for > improvement? > Do you have any other ideas how we could deal with this? > Do you know some use cases we should definitely consider when dealing with > hierarchical nodes? > > Best, > Tim > >
