@iot-app-kit/source-iotsitewise tries to aggregate string data using AVERAGE about iot-app-kit HOT 1 CLOSED

String data can be aggregated (as COUNT) but we don't currently have great support for string data in time-series charts. This is because [1] in most cases it doesn't make sense to display the string data (e.g. as a series on a line chart) and [2] we don't currently have support for specifying different aggregation types in source-iotsitewise.

I think displaying an error for an unsupported use-case makes sense, although I do agree that there could be a better user experience when specifying asset properties that have data types that aren't supported by certain charts. Short term, this could take the form of better documentation and more descriptive error messages. Long term, we could add some form of asset type discovery and adjust behaviour accordingly (e.g. automatically select COUNT aggregation for string asset properties).

from iot-app-kit.