Art Data v2.2.9 makes it easier than ever to visualize data on a Joomla 3.x website. Create 2 types of tables and 12 types of charts. Custom templates can be created to control the look of your tables and charts. Quickly populate a table or chart using our built in dataset spreadsheet or you can load a dataset from SQL Query, HTML or CSV file. Add multiple visualizations on the same page to create cool, custom dashboards without the need for custom coding expertise!
Let's Tour Art Data
1. Visualizations
Data visualizations are defined as "the creation and study of the visual representation of data".
The 'visualizations' view is where you will configure your chart or table's basic options such as 'What type of visualization is this going to be? Table or Chart?', 'What type of Table or Chart?,' 'What template would you like to use with this visualization?', 'What dataset would you like to use to populate the visualization?'. You get the picture. The visualization is what ties everything together.
Visualization Type - Tables
Create 'Static Table' - a basic table without sorting, filtering or pagination
Create 'Dynamic Table' - a table with sorting, filtering, and pagination
Populate table with custom dataset - SQL Query, HTML, CSV file
Populate table with SQL Query for the following databases: MySQL - Joomla Database, MySQL - Other Database, PostgreSQL, MSSQL (mssql extension), MSSQL (sqlsrv extension), Oracle, Access, SQLite, Firebird, Informix, Foxpro, ADO, Sybase, FrontBase, DB2, SAP DB, Netezza, LDAP, ODBC, ODBTP
Use the string {JOOMLAUSERID} in your SQL Query to add the logged in user's user_id to your query.
Populate table with ArtData dataset - use the quick, easy 'data' view to create a dataset by entering your data into a convenient spreadsheet-like application.
Completely style your table with a custom theme using the 'templates' view
Restrict table access level
Show or hide table title
Convert links and images automatically or by pattern
Use rel="nofollow" on links
Open links in a new window
Control default pagination limit
Control pagination limit choices
Visualization Type - Charts
Create 'Bar Chart'
Create 'Line Chart'
Create 'Area Chart'
Create 'Stacked Bar Chart'
Create 'Stacked Area Chart'
Create 'Pie Chart'
Create 'Percent Bar Chart'
Create 'Percent Area Chart'
Create 'Donut Chart'
Create 'Step Up Bar Chart'
Create 'Polar Area Chart'
Create 'Waterfall Chart'
Charts load with cool data population animation
Populate chart with custom dataset - SQL Query, HTML, CSV file
Populate chart with SQL Query for the following databases: MySQL - Joomla Database, MySQL - Other Database, PostgreSQL, MSSQL (mssql extension), MSSQL (sqlsrv extension), Oracle, Access, SQLite, Firebird, Informix, Foxpro, ADO, Sybase, FrontBase, DB2, SAP DB, Netezza, LDAP, ODBC, ODBTP
Populate chart with ArtData dataset - use the quick, easy 'data' view to create a dataset by entering your data into a convenient spreadsheet-like application.
Use the string {JOOMLAUSERID} in your SQL Query to add the logged in user's user_id to your query.
Completely style your chart with a custom theme using the 'templates' view
Restrict chart access level
Show or hide chart title
Control chart orientation - horizontal or vertical
Set chart title
Set chart sub-title
Set horizontal axis label
Set horizontal axis sub-label
Set vertical axis label
Set vertical axis sub-label
Toggle chart download
Set chart download label
2. Templates
The 'templates' view is where you can customize nearly everything about the way a table or chart looks including color palette, responsive width %, class modifiers, text alignment, padding, border and more. Art Data allows you to customize pretty much everything about the look of the data visualization. Templates you create can be added to a visualization to easily apply a certain style.
You don't need to have any CSS knowledge whatsoever to use our template builder to style a table or chart template.
Template Type - Tables
Create, edit 'template' for a table - style everything about your table
Set table class modifiers - condensed, striped, hover
Customize table header styles - text align, padding, font size, font weight, text color, border
Customize table cell styles - text align, padding, border, striped background color
Customize search filter input - height, width, padding, background, border, border radius, text color as well as onfocus styles
Customize search filter button - padding, background, text color, border
Customize active pagination - background, text color
Customize non-active pagination - background, text color
Customize focus & hover pagination - background, text color
Template Type - Charts
Create, edit 'template' for a chart - style everything about your chart
Control main chart background, opacity, width and height
Set axis lines color
Toggle tick marks
Set tick mark interval
Set axis padding
Control chart color palette
3. Data
The 'data' view is where you can create a dataset by entering your data into a web spreadsheet application that is built right into Art Data. The data view was specifically created for the purpose of easy data population because not everyone knows how to write an SQL Query. Create datasets specifically for tables or if you're using a chart then you can select either single series data or multiple series data. Formatting data for populating a visualization has never been easier.
Create, edit 'dataset' for a table or chart
For chart datasets choose between single series data or multi series data
Enter your data into easy spreadsheet
Create spreadsheet rows, columns
Remove spreadsheet rows, columns
Preview how a dataset will look when it populates a visualization
4. Deploying a Visualization on your Joomla Site
Art Data consists of a component, module, and plugin so you can deploy a table or chart on your site in whatever way you prefer.
Component
The component administrator is for creating and managing your visualizations. One way to deploy a visualization on the front end is to create a new menu item of type 'Art Data Visualization'. This will use the component output to display your table or chart and using this method the visualization will be the main part of the webpage.
Plugin
Another way to deploy a visualization is to use the content plugin. Using this method you can write [artdata id="1"] using the shortcode provided for you in the component administrator and you can put this shortcode anywhere on your site and it will be transformed into a visualization.
Module
The last way to deploy a visualization is to use the module. Simply create a new module instance and select the visualization you'd like to display from the module administrator area, select a template position where you'd like the table or chart to show up and you're done. Three great ways to deploy an Art Data Visualization on your Joomla 3.x site.
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