Support custom values

I could be reading the setup wrong, but it appears the only way the Y axis value is determined is by the number of records returned in the results. It would be nice to set the value used for y axis in the query itself. For example, if we wanted to see number of users by role we would currently query like this:

SELECT role_name FROM users

It would be nice to offload this to the SQL like this:

SELECT role_name, count(*) as y_axis

This allows for more custom/advanced charts.

Is this already supported and I’m just missing it in the docs?

[razvanilin]

Just a quick update that this feature is being worked on in #57

Not planning to add field selection through the SQL query just yet. Will have to experiment with that after the new updates

[justmiles]

Using count(*) may have not been the best example because the count also returns the number of records. What I’m hoping for is to set the y-axis value in the SQL itself. A better example might be to use an AVG, SUM, or even an existing column.

SELECT role_name, avg(age) as y_axis FROM users

The “setup the fields” page is effectively selecting the column to use on the x-axis, with the y-axis being the count of instances for that column. The ability select a column that overrides the y-axis drastically increases what these charts can visualize.