When developing a Vega visualization it is paramount to be able to view the underlying data in the different stages of processing by Vega language. Data inspector is a perfect fit, but it is not being supported by Vega at the moment. We should add the following capabilities to the inspect view:
VEGA_DEBUG.view.data('<source name>'). The standalone Vega editor already implements it in this way:
See Vega debugging API.
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Assigned after a convo with @timroes
hey @monfera , if you don't mind I also would like to work on that.
I'll add to this, the most useful things we currently most likely want in the custom inspector panel:
Would also be nice to see the elastic data API calls/responses in this inspector UI on top of what Vega debug can offer.
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Assigned after a convo with @timroes