Counting the different colors used on a board

@Yash Really? That is great news. My use case is probably unique with Miro. I have workers in the field who check utilities. I add .pdf maps to Miro boards and they use the pen tool with different colors to mark the status of what they checked…

When they are done, they have to count up the different colors and give me a total each color. If I could get rid of the counting step, it would help with speed and accuracy (and get rid of how annoying the counting is.)

I would love a solution in Miro for that!

That is a very easy API to create with javascript for example. The question is if you want to store these values on some sort of a server, locally on miro whiteboard or if you want to store in JSON files, or just in runtime data which gets wiped after session closes

Anybody up for tackling this?

All you need to do this is a bit of javascript like so:

gatherColors()

function gatherColors() {

      miro.onReady(() => {

                 miro.board.widgets.get().then(function(theWidgets) {

                      getColors(theWidgets)

                  })

             })

}

function getColors(arrayOfWidgets) {

      for (i = 0; i < arrayOfWidgets.length; i++) {

            let colorsOfWidgets.push(arrayOfWidgets[i].style.backgroundColor)

      }

}

At this point all board widget colors are gathered all you need after this is some sort of sorting and a output you prefer weather that is a JSON file which can be compatible with a google doc or just a board notification, etc…

You can either find some more efficient sorting algorithm online or use something basic like this:

function sortColors(colorsOfWidgets) {

      for(i = 0; i < colorsOfWidgets.length; i++) {

            if (colorOfWidgets[i] == “#12cdd4”) { //color code for cyan color

                  let cyanColor = cyanColor + 1 // same approach for all other colors miro widgets support

            }

      }

}

Hope this helps.

Sami

Keeping this idea in the air...Wondering if anyone else would benefit from it.

The week of January 23, 2023, and email was sent from Miro to all Starter Plan Team Admins that all app management capabilities would be removed and only be available for Business and Enterprise Plans – as of this reply, it looks like Education Plans still have app management capabilities.

What this means is:

1. Any Starter Plan users can install any apps from the Miro Marketplace.
2. Once the app is installed, it cannot be removed.

In the App Management help center article, I see:

Pre-installed apps

Some apps require no installation for users. They may require additional authorization or individual sign-in. These pre-installed apps are: Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Smartsheet, Azure Cards, Jira Cards, Brandfetch, Adobe CC, Google Images, Iconfinder, Slack. These apps will not be pre-installed if they are not on the company approved list. You can manage this list if you're a Company Admin. 

So, it looks like Miro also pushed all of these apps to any Free/Starter Plans. @KyleB - This is likely why you are see this Jira Cards app icon and, sadly, if you are on a Starter Plan, you cannot remove it.

@Max Harper Do my ideas make sense? I can give some more detail or provide a screenshot of my use case, if that helps. I definitely appreciate you looking into this, and your photos above look really promising. 

@Max Harper That would be great, thanks!

My team is going to grow by a few more people pretty soon, so I would love to be able to use this feature.

@Max Harper That is awesome! Just watched the video. I would love to try that out. My team and I would use that multiple times a day and it could be a huge timesaver. I can imagine all kinds of other uses beyond my particular situation, also.

This is definitely fantastic. Can I send you my email so I can try it out?

How can i use super selection in my board? Can i find it in miro or do I need the Link from you here? @Max Harper