Add Categories to Bio Markers

[kruemelro]

I added my Biomarkers from my Lab results to Healthlog and i have to say its a really great feature!
But the list of markers could be very long and gets difficult to read.

Some of the labs i've got results from are grouping the markers into categories and i've found it much easier to read.
So maybe this would be a helpfull feature for Healthlog.

My thoughts to the implementation:

• Make it optional, if no categories are defined or mapped, its look like the actual list
• Add an User option if the list should be collapsed on open or not
• Add a status to the categorie itself which shows the grouped status of all subitems. If all Subitems are OK, also the category is ok, if one subitem is orange, also the category is orange.

[MBombeck]

Thanks @kruemelro, good idea, and it's built. It comes with the next release.

In the labs settings, the list gets a "Group by category" option. It's off by default, so nothing changes until you switch it on. With it on:

• Markers sort into the categories HealthLog already knows from its catalog (blood count, lipids, liver, kidney, thyroid and so on). A marker you gave your own panel name stays in that group, so the lab's own grouping wins.
• Each category header shows how many markers it holds and a combined status. If every marker is in range, the group is in range. If one is above its range, the group shows that tone, with a count of how many are outside. It uses the same colours as the markers themselves, so no red.
• You choose whether groups open expanded, collapsed, or with only the groups that have something outside the range open. Groups you open or close by hand stay that way.
• If grouping wouldn't add anything (everything lands in one group), you get the flat list as before.

While I was in there, two small things got fixed too: the marker form can now clear a panel, context or range bound you no longer want, and merging two markers keeps the panel name when the marker you keep didn't have one.

[MBombeck]

@kruemelro This is out in v1.47.1. Settings, Arrangement, Labs has the "Group by category" switch, and the labs guide describes the groups. If a marker lands in a group where you wouldn't expect it, tell me which one.

[kruemelro]

I just tested it and it works great!

What would be great if i could change the sorting of the groups also.
In the Settings of the module i could change the order of the single markers but not the categories. And i can't figure out how the categories are orderd at the moment.

[MBombeck]

@kruemelro The category order is in v1.47.2. With "Group by category" on, Settings, Arrangement, Labs now has a "Category order" card: move a category with the handle or the arrows. To answer how they were ordered so far: the built-in categories in a fixed order, then your own panels alphabetically, and Other last. That stays the order until you change it. A category that turns up later joins the end of yours, and the order is saved with your account, so every device that groups the list shows the same order.