Using QuickChart to generate a dynamic chart as an image
AppSheet natively provides a chart-type view where different types of charts are available to present data in a stunning style, such as a bar chart, line chart, or scatter plot.
However, other basic styles, such as a progress bar, radar, and combo chart, are not provided. To present data in these ways, you can use the external open source chart library QuickChart
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To find out more about this service, visit the following URL: https://quickchart.io/
An AppSheet chart view is generated from a table or slice, meaning the chart will be drawn based on a set of rows and columns. This is good but does not fit the possible use case where the app creator just wants to create a simple chart out of single row and column values.
If the data table has columns with numeric values, including percentages, then we are able to draw the chart using values from a single row, to present the progress and occupancy ratio as a chart.
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