Piwik\ViewDataTable\

Factory

Provides a means of creating ViewDataTable instances by ID.

Examples

Creating a ViewDataTable for a report

// method in MyPlugin\Controller
public function myReport()
{
    $view = Factory::build('table', 'MyPlugin.myReport');
    $view->config->show_limit_control = true;
    $view->config->translations['myFancyMetric'] = "My Fancy Metric";
    return $view->render();
}

Displaying a report in another way

// method in MyPlugin\Controller
// use the same data that's used in myReport() above, but transform it in some way before
// displaying.
public function myReportShownDifferently()
{
    $view = Factory::build('table', 'MyPlugin.myReport', 'MyPlugin.myReportShownDifferently');
    $view->config->filters[] = array('MyMagicFilter', array('an arg', 'another arg'));
    return $view->render();
}

Force a report to be shown as a bar graph

// method in MyPlugin\Controller
// force the myReport report to show as a bar graph if there is no viewDataTable query param,
// even though it is configured to show as a table.
public function myReportShownAsABarGraph()
{
    $view = Factory::build('graphVerticalBar', 'MyPlugin.myReport', 'MyPlugin.myReportShownAsABarGraph',
                           $forceDefault = true);
    return $view->render();
}

Methods

The class defines the following methods:

• build() ash; Creates a ViewDataTable instance by ID.

build()

Creates a ViewDataTable instance by ID. If the viewDataTable query parameter is set, this parameter's value is used as the ID.

See ViewDataTable to read about the visualizations that are packaged with Matomo (formerly Piwik).

Signature

• It accepts the following parameter(s):
  • $defaultType (string|null) — A ViewDataTable ID representing the default ViewDataTable type to use. If the viewDataTable query parameter is not found, this value is used as the ID of the ViewDataTable to create. If a visualization type is configured for the report being displayed, it is used instead of the default type. (See ViewDataTable.getDefaultType). If nothing is configured for the report and null is supplied for this argument, table is used.
  • $apiAction (bool|false|string) — The API method for the report that will be displayed, eg, 'DevicesDetection.getBrowsers'.
  • $controllerAction (bool|false|string) — The controller name and action dedicated to displaying the report. This action is used when reloading reports or changing the report visualization. Defaulted to $apiAction if false is supplied.
  • $forceDefault (bool) — If true, then the visualization type that was configured for the report will be ignored and $defaultType will be used as the default.
  • $loadViewDataTableParametersForUser (bool) — Whether the per-user parameters for this user, this ViewDataTable and this Api action should be loaded from the user preferences and override the default params values.
• It returns a ViewDataTable value.
• It throws one of the following exceptions:
  • Exception