Create my first dashboard

No matter which journey you are on, you are playing around with Dataflake in order to make the final decision of purchase or you are on a free plan. We're sure that you need information so that you can easily analyze data with Dataflake, and without obstacles. This article will deliver you a specific and visionable guild, therefore, you can build your first Dashboard in a matter of minutes

Create a workspace

After finishing creating your account with Dataflake, you have to create a workspace. A workspace is a place that gathers members involved in a project or campaign that shares all of your related dashboards present.

Create a dashboard

Within your workspace, you will quickly see the New Dashboard button. Just click this button and name your dashboard, then you will navigated to Dashboard Editor, where you are about to dive into your Dashboard creation

Connect to a Data Source

Dataflake allows you to connect to databases including: PostgreSQL, BigQuery, ClickhHouse, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and Imported flat Files. Stay tuned, other databases will come soon to streamline your work.

All you need to do is choose your type of database and fill in required security credentials. Don’t forget to set the name for your database so that you can quickly search it while creating charts

You can read this section to learn more about how to connect to a data source

Query

Once you have successfully connected a data source, it’s time that you wrote a query to gather and structure data you want from your database using SQL. With Dataflake, you can directly query in the right panel within your dashboard. It is to help you save your time instead of navigating different page

Add Charts/ Visualizations

When you get your query results after retrieving from the database, you start with visualizing charts. Dataflake provides multiple types of charts to highlighted tell your story, so, you can select type of chart that fits your needs

Additionally, you can beautify your dashboard by adding other styling elements such as: image or shape.

Another thing to consider is customizing your visualizations to make your Dashboard attractive yet digestible so that you can captivate your audience. You can directly style your Chart title, Label, Legend, axis, etc in the toolbar. It is easy-to-use and time-saving

Build Dashboard

Make a great combination amongst visualizations, text, images, color, annotations, structure, so forth to turn into aesthetic and actionable dashboards. Make sure your audience can grasp your message that you want to deliver throughout your dashboard.