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Commit 4631d7ad authored by Mayr, Hannes's avatar Mayr, Hannes
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## Installation
Currently there are two options to run plotID. Either install it via pip from the Python Package Index (PyPi) or install plotID from the source code.
**Installation is the same for Windows and Unix systems, except** for the **optional** first set of setting up a virtual environment.
**Installation is the same for Windows and Unix systems, except** for the **optional** first step of setting up a virtual environment.
1. [Optional] Create a virtual environment and activate it:
```bash
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Optional parameters can be used to customize the publish process.
- *data_storage*: str, optional
Method how the data should be stored. Available options:
- *centralized*: The raw data will copied only once. All other plots will reference this data via sym link.
- *individual*: The complete raw data will be copied to a folder for every plot, respectively.
- *centralized* (not implemented yet): The raw data will copied only once. All other plots will reference this data via sym link.
- *individual* (default): The complete raw data will be copied to a folder for every plot, respectively.
- *plot_names* : str or list of str, optional
Name for the exported plot. If not provided, the corresponding IDs will be used.
name for the exported plot. If not provided, the corresponding IDs will be used.
Example:
`publish(figs_and_ids, "/home/user/Documents/research_data", "/home/user/Documents/exported_data", plot_names=["EnergyOverTime-Plot", "TimeOverEnergy-Plot")`
```python
publish(FIGS_AND_IDS, "/home/user/Documents/research_data", "/home/user/Documents/exported_data", plot_names=["EnergyOverTime-Plot", "TimeOverEnergy-Plot")`
```
## Build
If you want to build plotID yourself, follow these steps:
1. Download the source code from [Gitlab](https://git.rwth-aachen.de/plotid/plotid_python):
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