fixed date issue for new desktop build

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "powerbi-visuals-linedotchart",
   "description": "LineDot Chart",
-  "version": "0.3.4",
+  "version": "0.3.5",
   "author": {
     "name": "Microsoft",
     "email": "pbicvsupport@microsoft.com"
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     "powerbi-visuals-utils-testutils": "0.2.2",
     "powerbi-visuals-utils-tooltiputils": "0.3.0",
     "tslint": "3.15.1",
-    "typings": "1.4.0"
+    "typings": "1.4.0",
+    "typescript": "2.1.4"
   }
 }

pbiviz.json

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "displayName": "LineDot Chart",
     "guid": "LineDotChart1460463831201",
     "visualClassName": "LineDotChart",
-    "version": "0.3.4",
+    "version": "0.3.5",
     "description": "The LineDot chart is an animated line chart with fun animated dots. Use the LineDot chart to engage your audience especially in a presentation context. The bubbles size can be dynamic based on data you provide. A counter is provided that you can use to show a running value as the chart animates. Format options are provided for Lines, Dots, and Animation.",
     "supportUrl": "http://community.powerbi.com",
     "gitHubUrl": "https://github.com/Microsoft/powerbi-visuals-linedotchart"

src/columns.ts

@@ -57,8 +57,21 @@ module powerbi.extensibility.visual {
             let values: DataViewValueColumns = categorical && categorical.values || <DataViewValueColumns>[];
             let series: any = categorical && values.source && this.getSeriesValues(dataView);
             return categorical && _.mapValues(new this<any[]>(), (n, i) =>
-                (<DataViewCategoricalColumn[]>_.toArray(categories)).concat(_.toArray(values))
-                    .filter(x => x.source.roles && x.source.roles[i]).map(x => x.values)[0]
+                (<DataViewCategoricalColumn[]>_
+                    .toArray(categories))
+                    .concat(_.toArray(values))
+                    .filter(x => x.source.roles && x.source.roles[i])
+                    .map(x => x.values.map(y => {
+                        if (_.isString(y)) {
+                            let date: Date = new Date(y);
+                            if (isNaN(date.getTime())) {
+                                return y;
+                            }
+
+                            return date;
+                        }
+                        return y;
+                    }))[0]
                 || values.source && values.source.roles && values.source.roles[i] && series);
         }
 

test/visualData.ts

@@ -63,7 +63,13 @@ module powerbi.extensibility.visual.test {
             new Date(2016, 3, 1, 2, 43, 3));
         public valuesValue = helpers.getRandomNumbers(this.valuesDate.length, 0, 5361);
 
+        public valuesDateAsString: string[] = this.valuesDate.map(x => x.toISOString());
+
         public getDataView(columnNames?: string[]): powerbi.DataView {
+            return this.createDataView(false, columnNames);
+        }
+
+        private createDataView(isDateAsString: boolean, columnNames?: string[]): powerbi.DataView {
             return this.createCategoricalDataViewBuilder([
                 {
                     source: {
@@ -71,7 +77,7 @@ module powerbi.extensibility.visual.test {
                         type: ValueType.fromDescriptor({ dateTime: true }),
                         roles: { Date: true }
                     },
-                    values: this.valuesDate
+                    values: isDateAsString ? this.valuesDateAsString : this.valuesDate
                 }
             ], [
                     {
@@ -84,5 +90,9 @@ module powerbi.extensibility.visual.test {
                     }
                 ], columnNames).build();
         }
+
+        public getDataViewForCategoricalValues(columnNames?: string[]): powerbi.DataView {
+            return this.createDataView(true, columnNames);
+        }
     }
 }

test/visualTest.ts

@@ -44,11 +44,13 @@ namespace powerbi.extensibility.visual.test {
     import ColumnNames = powerbi.extensibility.visual.LineDotChart1460463831201.ColumnNames;
     import LineDotPoint = powerbi.extensibility.visual.LineDotChart1460463831201.LineDotPoint;
     import LineDotChartViewModel = powerbi.extensibility.visual.LineDotChart1460463831201.LineDotChartViewModel;
+    import LineDotChartColumns = powerbi.extensibility.visual.LineDotChart1460463831201.LineDotChartColumns;
 
     describe("LineDotChartTests", () => {
         let visualBuilder: LineDotChartBuilder,
             defaultDataViewBuilder: LineDotChartData,
-            dataView: DataView;
+            dataView: DataView,
+            dataViewForCategoricalColumn: DataView;
 
         beforeEach(() => {
             visualBuilder = new LineDotChartBuilder(1000, 500);
@@ -205,5 +207,17 @@ namespace powerbi.extensibility.visual.test {
                 expect(actualResult[1].value).toMatch(defaultFormattedValue);
             });
         });
+
+        describe("getCategoricalValues", () => {
+            beforeEach(() => {
+                dataViewForCategoricalColumn = defaultDataViewBuilder.getDataViewForCategoricalValues();
+            });
+
+            it("date values provided as string should be converted to Date type", () => {
+                const categoricalValues: LineDotChartColumns<any[]> = LineDotChartColumns.getCategoricalValues(dataViewForCategoricalColumn);
+
+                expect(_.isDate(categoricalValues.Date[0])).toBeTruthy();
+            });
+        });
     });
 }