How to Create a Chart From SQL Data
- Betsy Walker
- Mat Gauvin (Inactive) (Deactivated)
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Recipe overview
This Business Intelligence (BI) recipe provides step-by-step instructions on building a pie chart based on a SQL data source – one of nearly limitless use cases for transforming raw data into meaningful and useful information for business analysis purposes. This recipe utilizes the following items:
- The Chart macro, which comes natively with Confluence, to produce the pie chart.
- The SQL for Confluence add-on, which comes in both Express and Pro editions, to query a SQL database to retrieve the data to be presented in the chart.
- The Macro Security for Confluence add-on to safeguard the page and the database it uses by ensuring that only Administrators can use the SQL macro.
It will take you approximately 8-10 minutes to complete this recipe. Jump to Step 5 to see a preview of the final result!
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- How to create a self-service report from SQL data (Intermediate)
- How to Create a Business Intelligence (BI) Dashboard (Advanced)
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Preparation
Install MySQL and the sample Examplegear Database, including defining the "examplegeardb" data source profile.
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