Weather

The Weather product integration displays the weather forecast for that day and the next two days.

The Weather product integration displays the weather forecast for that day and the next two days on the home page, with an option to link to a weather related external link.

Vendors

The Weather product integration is supported currently by the following vendors:

  • BBC vendor
  • National Weather Service (weather.org) - available in the US only

User Experience

The following section describes information relating to the user experience for the Weather product integration.

User Activities

  • The user can see the weather forecast for that day and the next two days.
  • The user can select the tile and open an external weather website.

Authentication

No authentication required. The Weather product integration can be used by a guest profile.

Offline Support

No offline support is available.

Screenshots

The following is an overview of the Weather product integration user interface for a reference when configuring it:

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Live Tile

We recommend a 3*1 tile size (3 width, 1 height).

Configuration

The following section describes configurations for the Weather product integration.

Configuring the Weather Product Integration

To configure the Weather product integration, select Add Product Integration from the Product Integrations main menu option.

Select Weather and the following configuration page appears:

Configuration Option Description Mandatory Data Type Default Example
Manage Integration
Enable Product Integration Check this box to enable Weather No Boolean False
Product Integration Description Description for this Weather instance Yes String - Weather
Vendor
Vendor Name Defines which vendor the integration connects to. No Object - BBC
General
Temperature Unit Defines the temperature unit to display the weather in No Object C
Forecast For (Code) Code for the city obtained from the BBC weather website's URL (for example, 2643743 for London from the URL https://www.bbc.com/weather/2643743) Yes Number - 281184
Longitude Longitude of the location for the NWS vendor No Number 0.0
Latitude Latitude of the location for the NWS vendor No Number 0.0
Use Custom Icons Check this box to use your own custom icons No Boolean False
Custom Icons
Clear Night Icon Icon to use instead of the moon icon. Leave blank to use the original icon. No URI
Cloudy Icon Icon to use instead of the cloud icon. Leave blank to use the original icon. No URI
Drizzle Icon Icon to use instead of the drizzle icon. Leave blank to use the original icon. No URI
Rain Icon Icon to use instead of the rain icon. Leave blank to use the original icon. No URI
Snow Icon Icon to use instead of the snow icon. Leave blank to use the original icon. No URI
Sunny Icon Icon to use instead of the sun icon. Leave blank to use the original icon. No URI
Thunder Storm Icon Icon to use instead of the thunderstorm icon. Leave blank to use the original icon. No URI
Live Tile
Refresh Rate Refresh rate in minutes No Number 60
Text/Labels Text/Labels Text/Labels Text/Labels Text/Labels
Today Label Select the type of label to display in the first square on the tile, either the current day (for example, Sunday) or the text in the Today Text field. No Drop-down Today London (city name)
Today Text The text to display in the first square of the tile when you select Today Text for the Today Label field. No String Today
Tomorrow Label The label in the middle square. It can be today's name (Day Name) or Tomorrow ('Tomorrow Text' attribute) No Object Day Name
Tomorrow Text The label for tomorrow No String Tomorrow
Monday Text The label for Monday No String Monday
Tuesday Text The label for Tuesday No String Tuesday
Wednesday Text The label for Wednesday No String Wednesday
Thursday Text The label for Thursday No String Thursday
Friday Text The label for Friday No String Friday
Saturday Text The label for Saturday No String Saturday
Sunday Text The label for Sunday No String Sunday
Error message The text to be displayed when there is an error reaching the API No String There was an error retrieving the data

Configuring the Weather Live Tile

By default, the live tile does not link to any other page. For information on how to configure the live tile to link to an external link, see Configuring Live Tile Linking.