UI-Designer: Data Scope Activation

If DataScope handling is not activated, entire data model ( in the UI Component ) data is fetched from server.

e.g. If a Thing Inspector has 10 facets and each facet has a list. On load of the Thing Inspector, all 10 lists data is fetched from server. On load of thing inspector, only header and first facet are shown i.e. 9 facets data is unnecessarily fetched.

This adds to performance overhead in following ways:

• Unnecessary load on the server
• Large payloads transmitted over network
• Processing these large payloads on client

Activate data scope handling to fetch only data that is currently relevant (visible to user) from server.

To activate data scope handling for a UI component:

• Open the UI Component in SDK Studio
• In Properties section of the UI Component, Look for the field “Activate DataScope Handling” ( Highlighted in 1st image below)
• Change “Activate DataScope Handling” from “False” to “True”
• Test functionality and ensure that its working as expected

Additional Information:

• Even though a section of data model is not part of current data scope, it can be made part of it by using Guard Conditions
• If fields used in script are not part of current data scope, those can be made part of it by scoping the fields ( see 2nd image below ). This cab be done as part of script operation configuration.