Feature Request - Exclude Sample DataSources

[NoralK]

Greetings and thank you for this wonderful tool.

I do have a feature request to exclude Sample Data DataSources.

Below is a sample of the JSON sample data that is being documented when, in my opinion, should not be documented. I believe you could filter on "IsSampleData", maybe make it a setting in the Output Selection? Thoughts?

I have not found a way to remove these internal DataSources once a control is placed. I would have thought the DataSource would be removed.

Cheers

        {
            "Name": "ColumnChartSample",
            "Schema": "*[Area:n, City:s, Density:n, Population:n]",
            "IsSampleData": true,
            "IsWritable": false,
            "Type": "StaticDataSourceInfo",
            "OriginalSchema": "*[Area:n, City:s, Density:n, Population:n]",
            "Data": "[{\"Area\":31,\"City\":\"Cairo\",\"Density\":39,\"Population\":12},{\"Area\":15,\"City\":\"Delhi\",\"Density\":78,\"Population\":18},{\"Area\":11,\"City\":\"Mexico City\",\"Density\":60,\"Population\":8},{\"Area\":22,\"City\":\"Istanbul\",\"Density\":65,\"Population\":14},{\"Area\":16,\"City\":\"London\",\"Density\":54,\"Population\":8},{\"Area\":25,\"City\":\"Moscow\",\"Density\":48,\"Population\":12},{\"Area\":8,\"City\":\"New York City\",\"Density\":107,\"Population\":8},{\"Area\":6,\"City\":\"Seoul\",\"Density\":172,\"Population\":10},{\"Area\":6,\"City\":\"Shanghai\",\"Density\":38,\"Population\":24},{\"Area\":6,\"City\":\"Tokyo\",\"Density\":146,\"Population\":9}]",
            "OriginalName": "ColumnChartSample",
            "OrderedColumnNames": [
                "City",
                "Population",
                "Area",
                "Density"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Name": "LegendSample",
            "Schema": "*[Value:s]",
            "IsSampleData": true,
            "IsWritable": false,
            "Type": "StaticDataSourceInfo",
            "OriginalSchema": "*[Value:s]",
            "Data": "[{\"Value\":\"Lorem ipsum\"},{\"Value\":\"Dolor sit\"},{\"Value\":\"Amet consectetur \"},{\"Value\":\"Adipisicing elit\"},{\"Value\":\"Sed do\"},{\"Value\":\"Eiusmod tempor \"},{\"Value\":\"Incididunt ut\"}]",
            "OriginalName": "LegendSample",
            "OrderedColumnNames": [
                "Value"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Name": "CustomGallerySample",
            "Schema": "*[SampleHeading:s, SampleImage:i, SampleText:s]",
            "IsSampleData": true,
            "IsWritable": false,
            "Type": "StaticDataSourceInfo",
            "OriginalSchema": "*[SampleHeading:s, SampleImage:i, SampleText:s]",
            "Data": "[{\"SampleHeading\":\"Lorem ipsum 1\",\"SampleImage\":\"/ctrllib/image/images/SampleImage.svg\",\"SampleText\":\"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.\"},{\"SampleHeading\":\"Lorem ipsum 2\",\"SampleImage\":\"/ctrllib/image/images/SampleImage.svg\",\"SampleText\":\"Suspendisse enim metus, tincidunt quis lobortis a, fringilla dignissim neque.\"},{\"SampleHeading\":\"Lorem ipsum 3\",\"SampleImage\":\"/ctrllib/image/images/SampleImage.svg\",\"SampleText\":\"Ut pharetra a dolor ac vehicula.\"},{\"SampleHeading\":\"Lorem ipsum 4\",\"SampleImage\":\"/ctrllib/image/images/SampleImage.svg\",\"SampleText\":\"Vestibulum dui felis, fringilla nec mi sed, tristique dictum nisi.\"}]",
            "OriginalName": "CustomGallerySample",
            "OrderedColumnNames": [
                "SampleImage",
                "SampleHeading",
                "SampleText"
            ]
        }

[modery]

Thank you for the suggestion! That sounds quite good to me, will get it implemented (probably via a configurable setting, with the default set to not document it) in the upcoming weeks

[modery]

This is currently a work in progress. Added the logic to find out if a datasource or a resource is sample data. Still need to

• add the configurable option
• add the logic to exclude sample data if the configurable option says so, for both Word and Markdown
• think about overriding the configurable option (if it says not to include sample data) if the sample data is actually in use in the app
• update the info table that shows the number of datasources and resources to specify how many of them are samples (think I'll include the mention of the sample data sources here, even if they aren't used)

[NoralK]

Thank you - I am still watching this :)