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How to create a personnalized Shape and modify content easily ?

Hello,

I'm creating a diagram. I've done some research on how to create a custom shape, but I'm having a few problems on dynamically modifying the data of the various elements present in the shape.

1) Firstly, I've understood the code bellow that allows me to create a custom shape:

let newShape = function() {
            let dataviz = kendo.dataviz
            let g = new dataviz.diagram.Group()
            let dataItem = options.dataItem

            g.append(new dataviz.diagram.Rectangle({
                width: 210,
                height: 75,
                stroke: {
                    width: 0
                },
                fill: {
                    gradient: {
                        type: 'linear',
                        stops: [{
                            color: dataItem.colorScheme,
                            offset: 0,
                            opacity: 0.5
                        }, {
                            color: dataItem.colorScheme,
                            offset: 1,
                            opacity: 1
                        }]
                    }
                }
            }))
            
            g.append(new dataviz.diagram.TextBlock({
                text: dataItem.name,
                x: 20,
                y: 20,
                fill: '#fff'
            }))
            
            g.append(new dataviz.diagram.TextBlock({
                text: dataItem.props,
                x: 20,
                y: 40,
                fill: '#fff'
            }))
            return g
}

However, I'm having trouble dynamically modifying the value of a TextBlock.

Which field do I need to access, after retrieving the shape via diagram.shapes[i] , to be able to modify the "text" field of a TextBlock? Or, more generally, how can I easily retrieve an element (TextBlock, etc.) from a compound shape?

I've tried accessing various fields in the shape object referring to the TextBlock element and then calling shape[i].redraw( ) / .redrawVIsual( ), but no shape is updated.

2) Secondly, what kind of components can be added to the Group ? My goal is to add a progress bar into my shape, but I don't think that's possible. Is there a list of elements (TextBlocks, ...) that can be appended to Group ? Or any idea to have a progress bar in a shape ? Maybe using the progressbar component and attach a progress bar to each shape ?

Thanks in advance,

Best,