Custom widget for visualizing dynamic table data

Question

While creating a custom widget for visualizing dynamic table data, I encountered some issues and would like to share a minimal working example to illustrate the problem.

JS:

self.ctx.$scope.showAlert = function() {
window.alert("my device");
};

self.ctx.$scope.var = [
"id: 1, name: 'Batch A'",
"id: 2, name: 'Batch B'"
];

self.ctx.$scope.datasourceData = [];

self.ctx.detectChanges();
};

HTML:

<div class="mainCard">
<h3>Hello World</h3>
<button mat-raised-button color="primary" (click)="showAlert()">Click me</button>

<p>{{ctx.$scope.var}}</p>

<ul>
<li ng-repeat="item in ctx.$scope.var">
Wert: {{item}}
</li>
</ul>

<h3>Einzelne Werte</h3>
<p>Erster Wert: {{ctx.$scope.var}}</p>
</div>

What works:

The alert button (showAlert) works correctly.
Displaying the entire array ({{ctx.$scope.var}}) also works.

Problems:

Accessing array items directly (e.g. {{ctx.$scope.var[1]}}) throws an error: "Widget Error: can't access property 1, ctx.ctx.$scope.var is undefined" -ng-repeat does not render any list items, although the array is initialized as expected in onInit.

Is there a recommended way to bind and access dynamic arrays within ThingsBoard widgets—especially when aiming to use ng-repeat or direct indexing?

Naren Murali · Accepted Answer · 2025-07-11 11:20:55Z

0

Looks like you are using ng-repeat which is from Angular - 1.x.x, but you are using Angular 2+ in your application. You need to use *ngFor or @for( available in the latest angular versions).

<ul>
  <li *ngFor=" let item of ctx.$scope.var">
    Wert: {{item}}
  </li>
</ul>

Using @for:

<ul>
 <!-- or ;track $index -->
  @for(item of ctx.$scope.var; track item) {
    <li>
      Wert: {{item}}
    </li>
  }
</ul>

edited Jul 11 at 11:20

answered Jul 11 at 8:07

Naren Murali

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2 Comments

OmnivoreRecycling Jul 11 at 11:17

hi, thanks for your fast reply. If I use your second option I get: "Widget wasn't loaded due to the following errors: Failed to compile widget html. Error: Errors during JIT compilation of template for : @for loop must have a "track" expression (" <ul> [ERROR ->]@for(item of ctx.$scope.var) { <li> Wert: {{item}} "): ng:////template.html@5:10" However, using *ngFor did the trick! Thanks a lot. I was trying to figure it out with ChatGPT for hours :D

Naren Murali Jul 11 at 11:21

@OmnivoreRecycling updated my answer for \@for, my mistake

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