/**
  * count events and group them by an according timespan
  */
 public function countEventsAction()
 {
     $start = $this->getStartDate();
     $end = $this->getEndDate();
     $this->view->assign('start', $start);
     $this->view->assign('end', $end);
     $this->view->assign('data', $this->eventIndexRepository->countAllWithSettings(array_merge($this->actionSettings, array('startDate' => $start->getTimestamp(), 'endDate' => $end->getTimestamp()))));
 }