Add the preferences dasboard_start_year.

controllers/graphs.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import matplotlib
 matplotlib.use("Agg")
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
+from gluon import current
 from gluon.storage import Storage
 from graph_tools import (FROM_TO,
                          LABELY_YEAR,
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ def dashboard():
 
     """
     current_year = request.now.year
+    dashboard_start = current.app.dashboard_start_year
 
     selector = Storage()
     selector.Graph_selectorCumulative = "true"
@@ -39,7 +41,8 @@ def dashboard():
     fig, (ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(nrows=1, ncols=2, sharey=True)
 
     # the number of publications per year except for the current year
-    min_year = "2009"
+    # the starting value is defined in the preferences of the application
+    min_year = ("" if dashboard_start is None else str(dashboard_start))
     max_year = str(current_year - 1)
 
     selector.Graph_selectorCumulative = "false"

languages/fr-fr.py

@@ -643,6 +643,7 @@
 'Stacked Axis': 'Stacked Axis',
 'stacked chart': 'stacked chart',
 'Stacked Granularity': 'Stacked Granularity',
+'Starting year for the dashboard': 'Année de début du tableau de bord',
 'state': 'state',
 'Statistics': 'Statistique',
 'Status': 'Status',

modules/graph_tools.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import pandas as pd
 
 
 from gluon import current
-from model_selector import MONTH_SUBMIT, YEAR_SUBMIT, YEAR_PUBLISH
+from model_selector import MONTH_SUBMIT, YEAR_PUBLISH
 from pandas import DataFrame, DatetimeIndex, to_datetime
 from StringIO import StringIO
 
@@ -217,13 +217,12 @@ def linechart(db, selector, target=None, title=None, xlabel=None, ylabel=None):
         df.index = DatetimeIndex(df.index)
 
     if df.size == 1:
-        kwargs = dict(kind="bar", color="white", edgecolor="blue", rot=0)
+        kwargs = dict(color="lavender", kind="bar", edgecolor="blue", rot=0)
 
     else:
-        kwargs = dict(kind="line", rot=35, x_compat=True)
+        kwargs = dict(colormap="Pastel1", kind="line", rot=35, x_compat=True)
 
-    ax = df.plot(colormap="Pastel1",
-                 grid=True,
+    ax = df.plot(grid=True,
                  legend=False,
                  ylim=(0, None),
                  ax=target,

scripts/fix_preference_0965.py

+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+""" NAME
+        fix_preference_0965 -- add dashboard_start_year
+
+    SYNOPSIS
+        fix_preference_0965 [options]
+
+    DESCRIPTION
+        In the limbra release 0.9.6.5, the preference dashboard_start_year
+        has been added.
+
+        This script add the this preference if it does not exist and with
+        its value to 2009
+
+    OPTIONS
+
+    EXAMPLE
+
+        > cd limbra/scripts
+        > run script -S limbra_cppm fix_preference_0965.py
+
+    AUTHOR
+        R. Le Gac -- May 2017
+
+"""
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+    import sys
+
+    from plugin_dbui import get_id
+
+    DEF = "Starting year for the dashboard"
+    PROPERTY = "dashboard_start_year"
+    VALUE = 2009
+
+    idrec = get_id(db.preferences, property=PROPERTY)
+
+    if idrec is None:
+        print "\n\tAdd the property", PROPERTY
+        di = {
+            "property": PROPERTY,
+            "value": VALUE,
+            "definition": T(DEF)}
+
+        db.preferences[0] = di
+
+        rep = raw_input("\nCommit database changes [y/N]: ")
+        if rep == 'y':
+            db.commit()
+
+    else:
+        print "\n\tProperty %s already defined. Exit.\n" % PROPERTY
+
+    # exit gently
+    sys.exit(0)