Report Generator

Report Generator fills your PowerPoint template with live data from a DataTile dashboard. You design the slides once. Every download then gives a new .pptx file with the latest numbers, in your own design.

How it works

1. Build a PowerPoint template: your slides, with charts, tables and text boxes as placeholders.

2. Build a custom dashboard with the charts, tables and controls the report needs.

3. Link them: write each element's ID as ${element ID} into the matching placeholder.

4. Upload the template and download the report.

Optional:

• Automation with a YAML script: slides for each control option, for example one set per region.

• Combine several tabs into one report.

What you need

Quick start: your first report

Try it with one chart before you build a full template.

1. On the dashboard, create a bar chart. Its ID is shown under it, for example Chart_1. Click the ID to copy it.

2. In PowerPoint, insert a bar chart (Insert → Chart → Bar).

3. Right-click the chart → View Alt Text → type ${Chart_1}.

4. Save the file as .pptx.

5. On the dashboard, switch to EDIT mode → left menu → Reports → Add new report. Enter a title, add the .pptx file, check the tab, click Create.

6. Click the download icon in the top toolbar → under Reports, click your report.

The downloaded file shows your PowerPoint chart filled with the dashboard data.

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