How do I turn an answer into a chart in iDBQuery?
You just ask — request a breakdown or trend in plain language and iDBQuery returns a chart automatically, picking a sensible type for the data. You can then ask it to change the chart type, grouping, or time frame, and pin the result to a dashboard or export it, all without any manual chart building.
Charting in iDBQuery is conversational rather than a drag-and-drop exercise.
- Ask for the shape. "Revenue by month this year" returns a line chart; "sales by region" returns bars; "share of orders by channel" returns a proportional view. iDBQuery reads the structure of the answer and renders an appropriate visual.
- Refine by asking. Say "make it a bar chart", "stack it by product", "show the top 10 only", or "switch to quarterly", and the chart updates.
- Do more with it. Pin the chart to a live dashboard, add it to a shareable report, or export it — the same result flows into all of them.
Because the chart is generated from a real query, the underlying SQL and row-level citations remain available, so a visual isn't a disconnected picture — you can trace any bar or point back to the exact data. This is what lets a non-technical user produce a clean, accurate chart for a meeting in seconds, while an analyst can still verify precisely what it's plotting. iDBQuery also chooses the chart type intelligently, so you rarely have to think about it unless you want a specific look.
Updated 2026-06-22