Add or Edit a Weather Widget

The Weather widget displays the weather forecast for the location specified.

The first step is to obtain a weather API key.

  1. Open the web browser and navigate to http://www.openweathermap.org.
  2. Sign up for a free API key.

The next step is to add that API key to Cityworks, then configure the weather widget.

  1. Navigate to Designer > Preferences > General > Weather API and enter the API key.
  2. Return to the inbox and click Edit on the inbox panel.
  3. Select Weather from the New Widget drop-down list.
  4. Enter a Width. This can be a percentage or the number of pixels.

  1. Click Add.
  2. Click OpenWeatherMap in the new weather widget.

  1. Enter your city's name in the search.
  2. Click Search.

  1. Click the city name. The browser URL will be similar to http://openweathermap.org/city/5784731. The city ID is the number at the end of the URL. Copy that ID.
  2. Click Edit on the weather widget.
  3. Enter the city ID. You can click Look up city id to return to http://www.openweathermap.org if needed.
  4. Enter a Header, if desired, and select either C (Celsius) or F (Fahrenheit).
  5. Click Update.

TIP: Update will be colored if you have made changes to the widget that have not been saved.

Widgets can be edited by clicking Edit in the upper-right corner of the widget.

 

Last updated 1/6/2020.

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