Anyone Graphing Solar Assistant Data Backups

[robby]

I backed up 2.5 Years of data onto my PC and now I am wondering what to do with it.
I know there are ways to open it and see the Data, graph the data but I am wondering if anyone wrote a specific piece of software to graph the Data from SS and allow an end user to select which sets of data they want to graph on top of each other.

 

[wattmatters]

Mine goes straight into InfluxDB and Grafana via Home Assistant. Can chart and plot to my heart's content.

 

[robby]

Mine goes straight into InfluxDB and Grafana via Home Assistant. Can chart and plot to my heart's content.

Nice!
I was hoping for a Windows solution.
I would have to run VMWare and jump through a bunch of hoops to emulate what you have.

 

[wattmatters]

I was hoping for a Windows solution.

Might be possible:

Get started with Grafana and InfluxDB | Grafana documentation

Learn how to build your first InfluxDB dashboard in Grafana.

grafana.com

 

[robby]

Got to see how hard that will be.
Thanks

 

[TechRider]

Mine goes straight into InfluxDB and Grafana via Home Assistant. Can chart and plot to my heart's content.

Do you have some details on how you accomplished this? I just started backing up my solar assistant and would like to have some different graphs as well.

 

[wattmatters]

Do you have some details on how you accomplished this? I just started backing up my solar assistant and would like to have some different graphs as well.

I installed Home Assistant (which requires its own computing device) then linked Solar Assistant with Home Assistant using the instructions as posted on the SA help pages.

SolarAssistant integration with Home Assistant

SolarAssistant can integrate with Home Assistant via MQTT and supports the Home Assistant auto discovery protocol.

solar-assistant.io

Then in Home Assistant I installed InfluxDB and Grafana. I used a video tutorial back when I did it, but as things change over time it pays to look for more recent tutorials, here's one:

 

[TechRider]

Thanks, I got it all setup!

 

[robby]

I really wish that Solar Assistant would update their graphs.

 

[Skypower]

I really wish that Solar Assistant would update their graphs.

Yeah, lots of little issues that you simply have learned- don’t do that(iPhone). Also when you extend the viewed time range the peaks fall off. At least a line to represent the true value would be nice.