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If you have:

You can start visualizing your data immediately, without any additional setup.

PostgreSQL

For database setup like this:

Database and Data Table

host port DB user pass database table
db_host 5432 db_user db_pass my_db my_data_table

Data Schema and Contents

In “long format”
channel timestamp value
sccm.Inj 2022-09-15 03:19:25.496212+00 0
V.ThrmCpl 2022-09-15 03:19:27.612427+00 6.6e-05
mbar.IG.AS 2022-09-15 03:19:31.490579+00 2.3e-07
mbar.IG.MS 2022-09-15 03:19:31.529545+00 2e-09
mbar.IG.BS 2022-09-15 03:19:31.610188+00 4e-09
…
Or, in “wide format”
timestamp sccm.Inj V.ThrmCpl mbar.IG.AS mbar.IG.MS mbar.IG.BS
2022-09-15 03:19:25.496212+00 0 6.6e-05 2.3e-07 2e-9 4e-9
…

Write a docker-compose.yaml file like this:

(modify the last two lines according to your setup)

For Long Format Data
services:
  slowdash:
    image: slowproj/slowdash
    ports:
      - "18881:18881"
    environment:
      - "SLOWDASH_INIT_DATASOURCE_URL=postgresql://db_user:db_pass@db_host:5432/my_db"
      - "SLOWDASH_INIT_TIMESERIES_SCHEMA=my_data_table[channel]@timestamp(aware)=value"
For Wide Format Data

Use this schema configuration instead (last line):

      - "SLOWDASH_INIT_TIMESERIES_SCHEMA=my_data_table@timestamp(aware)"

And run it:

$ docker compose up

Then open in your browser:

$ firefox http://localhost:18881

InfluxDB

For database setup like this:

Database

InfluxDB version: 2

host port organization token bucket measurement
db_host 8086 my_org my_token my_bucket my_meas

Data Schema and Contents

For alternative data structures, please refer to the Data Binding section.

Write a docker-compose.yaml file like this:

(modify the last two lines according to your setup)

services:
  slowdash:
    image: slowproj/slowdash
    ports:
      - "18881:18881"
    environment:
      - "SLOWDASH_INIT_DATASOURCE_URL=influxdb2://my_org:my_token@db_host:8086/my_bucket"
      - "SLOWDASH_INIT_TIMESERIES_SCHEMA=my_meas"

And run it:

$ docker compose up

Then open in your browser:

$ firefox http://localhost:18881

Redis Time-Series

For database setup like this:

Database and Data Table

host port database
redis_host 6739 1

Data Schema and Contents

Write a docker-compose.yaml file like this:

(modify the last line according to your setup)

services:
  slowdash:
    image: slowproj/slowdash
    ports:
      - "18881:18881"
    environment:
      - SLOWDASH_INIT_DATASOURCE_URL="redis://redis_host:6739/1"

And run it:

$ docker compose up

Then open in your browser:

$ firefox http://localhost:18881