.. include:: ../Includes.txt


.. _introduction:

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Introduction
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.. _what-it-does:

What does it do?
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With this extension you are able:

- to easily display static or dynamic chart types (bar, line, pie, etc.) from given data and labels
- to define TCA input fields that can extract selectable data from your worksheets

...but a picture is worth a thousand words so heads up to the screenshots below or dive into the :ref:`editor docs <for-editors>` 😁

.. _screenshots:

Screenshots
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.. image:: ../Images/chart-element-overview.png
   :class: float-left
   :alt: Default chart type elements list in new content element wizard
   :width: 360px

.. image:: ../Images/dataset_spreadsheet.png
   :class: float-right
   :alt: Spreadsheet based chart dataset selection example
   :width: 360px

.. image:: ../Images/dataset_excel_file.png
   :class: cc float-left
   :alt: Example excel file content that can be used with this extension
   :width: 360px

.. image:: ../Images/dataset_result.png
   :class: float-right
   :alt: Frontend example result of the example excel file content with above dataset selection example
   :width: 360px

.. important::
   :class: cc

   Please note that the above dataset example requires installation of `Spreadsheet extension <http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/spreadsheets/>`_