Build Dashboard from a Data Table query

Sergey
Contributor II

Hi !

I have a SQL table available where I wanted to show a radar graph based on its data.

It turns out that BI Viewer is not providing radar or spider graphs, so I wanted to know how to have such graph based on a data table and not a cube view.

 

BAsed on what I've seen, the Advanced Charts allows to work with cube views or business rules only. Does someone have a business rule in order to extract data from my SQL data table and have it as a source of the graph ?

 

Regards,

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OS_Pizza
Contributor III

You can use the below code snippet to create one

Dim sql As New Text.StringBuilder

sql.AppendLine("Select * from Table1")

Using dbConnFW As DbConnInfo = BRAPi.Database.CreateApplicationDbConnInfo(si)
Using dt As DataTable = BRApi.Database.ExecuteSql(dbConnFW, sql.ToString, False)


'Use System.Data.DataTable objects to play with column and rows.

End Using
End Using

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JackLacava
Community Manager
Community Manager

You might have to figure out exactly what columns you need so that the chart actually works, but this is a generic Dashboard DataSet rule that queries a table in the application database.

Namespace OneStream.BusinessRule.DashboardDataSet._JL
	Public Class MainClass
		Public Function Main(ByVal si As SessionInfo, ByVal globals As BRGlobals, ByVal api As Object, ByVal args As DashboardDataSetArgs) As Object
			Try
				Select Case args.FunctionType
					Case Is = DashboardDataSetFunctionType.GetDataSetNames
						Dim names As New List(Of String)()
						names.Add("Dims")
						Return names
					
					Case Is = DashboardDataSetFunctionType.GetDataSet
						If args.DataSetName.XFEqualsIgnoreCase("Dims") Then
							Dim sql As String = "SELECT * FROM Dim"
							Using dbConn As DbConnInfo = BRApi.Database.CreateApplicationDbConnInfo(si)
								Dim result As DataTable = BRApi.Database.ExecuteSql(dbConn, sql, False)
								Return result
							End Using
						End If
				End Select

				Return Nothing
			Catch ex As Exception
				Throw ErrorHandler.LogWrite(si, New XFException(si, ex))
			End Try
		End Function
	End Class
End Namespace

 

Thanks guys !

The thing is, I don't know what should be expected format for the graph and I can't find any documentatio about it. So far, these business rule will allow me to have a table with what's coming from my SQL query, but I don't know what the Graphs Data Adapter is expecting in terms of columns... any ideas ?

 

Regards,