That makes sense, but then why not just use $unit.label.snow? On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 4:57 PM gjr80 <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think, reading between the lines, the issue may be that the OP wants to > include something like snow in a WeeWX generated data file to be used by > Highcharts, but using cm instead of mm as (seemingly) used for rain. I > would expect that instead of passing something like '23 cm' in a single > field Highcharts would want the value 23 in one field and 'cm' in another. > The former can be obtained (for example) via $day.snow.cm.raw or > $day.snow.cm.format(add_label=False) but there is no tag to get the unit > label for 'cm' when your default unit for group_rain is mm. The only > solution I can think of short of digging into the WeeWX internals is some > in-line python code that parses the result of $day.snow.cm. Or hardcoding > cm, but that is rather limiting. > > Gary > On Tuesday, 30 November 2021 at 10:20:02 UTC+10 [email protected] wrote: > >> Not understanding your question. The $unit tag is designed to retrieve >> the reporting unit being used by an observation type. Why would you want to >> retrieve something different? >> >> If you want the value of a type in a different unit, you can do something >> like: >> >> *$day.rain.sum.cm <http://day.rain.sum.cm>* >> >> This will give the rain since midnight in cm. Is this what you are >> looking for? >> >> -tk >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 8:46 AM František Slimařík <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I have question regarding tag $unit. When I have for example tag >>> $unit.label.rain it will show me " mm". Is there any way how to show >>> different type of unit in case I want to show snow in my highchart graph >>> and use this tag option? Like $unit.label.rain.cm? >>> >>> Thanks for answer. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "weewx-user" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/6ef88b26-06fb-464f-bee1-0968a91234a4n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/6ef88b26-06fb-464f-bee1-0968a91234a4n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/2726ca14-e831-4f1e-9da3-bebebb251df4n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/2726ca14-e831-4f1e-9da3-bebebb251df4n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPq0zECje-7-eYifG_7%3DjxQm-372xbtCnSF4XF8w3jv%2BBeSKcQ%40mail.gmail.com.
