AskTOM Oracle APEX Office Hours - Data Visualization in Oracle APEX 18.1, slide deck from presentation given August 23rd 2018

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Oracle APEX Office Hours
Data Visualization in
Oracle APEX 18.1
Hilary Farrell
Consulting Member of Technical Staff
Oracle Application Express, Database Division
August 23rd, 2018
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Hilary Farrell
• Consulting Member of Technical Staff
• Based in Dublin, Ireland
• Joined Oracle in 1998
• Joined APEX Team in 2006
• Work includes Charts Integration, Modal Dialogs, RESTful Services integration with
ORDS, Create Wizards, Packaged App Installations, Forms Conversion utilities; Release
Management responsibilities; Hudson Build
• Hilary Farrell-Oracle on OTN Forum
Oracle Application Express

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Agenda
Oracle JET Charts
Demo
Q & A
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Why Use Charts?
Extremely useful tool to visually represent data
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Oracle JET Charts
• Based on Oracle JavaScript Extension Toolkit (JET) Data Visualization
Components
• JavaScript-based solution
• Highly Customizable
• Built-in Accessibility Support
• Built-in Responsive Design Support
• Wide Range of Chart Types
Brief Intro
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Oracle JET Charts in APEX
• Wide Range of Chart Types
• Chart Source Definition Simplified
– e.g. select * from EMP
• Colour palette integrated with
Universal Theme
• Built-in Translations
• Built-in Document Direction Support
– RTL
• Sample Charts application
– Examples of all chart types
• Interactive Reports, Interactive Grid
& Websheet Charts
• Upgrade from AnyChart to JET
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JET 4.2.0 in APEX 18.1

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Demo

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Additional Resources
APEX 18.1 Sample Charts App -
https://apex.oracle.com/charts/
My Sample App -
https://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=SAMPLE_CHARTS
OTN Forum -
https://community.oracle.com/community/database/developer-
tools/application_express
APEX

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Additional Resources
Oracle JET -
http://oraclejet.org/
JET ojChart API -
https://docs.oracle.com/en/middleware/jet/4.2.0/reference-
api/oj.ojChart.html
JET OTN Forum -
https://community.oracle.com/community/development_tools/oracle-jet
JET

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Question 1 – part A
What is the architectural reason for such a
difference between charts in Interactive Report,
Interactive Grid and Chart regions? Is there any plan
to make it more standardized?

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Question 1 – part B
Is it possible that we get motion charts in APEX?

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Question 1 – part C
What about Integration of Oracle Data Visualization
Desktop into APEX?

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