Interface Overview

Overview of the main ChartSQL Studio interface panels and features

ChartSQL Studio has conventions that should be familiar to software developers. We have borrowed a number of idioms from editors like VSCode, but added features that best suit the needs of SQL charting.

Screenhot of the ChartSQL Studio Editor

Menu

The leftmost menu contains links to the primary features. You can open and collapse it with the hamburger menu icon

Header

The header area displays information about your current open package and changing the current datasource.

File Browser

The File Browser displays your currently available charts from your currently open package and allows you to filter and open them. Clicks a file will open it in preview. ctrl (command) + click will fully open the file.

Open Files

The Open Files tabs shows you currently open files. Open files can be from any package. One open file is your Active File at any given time.

Closing All Open Files

The dropdown at the end of the open files tabs can close all open files. You can also right click on an open file tabl to close that file, or close other files.

Renaming a File

You can rename a file by clicking the dropdown at the end of the open files tables. It will enabling renaming the current open file.

Editor Panel

The Editor Panel allows you to create and edit SQL files and create charts.

Preview Panel

The Preview Panel shows you the current rendering of your chart from your SQL data.

Info Panel

The Info Panel shows you details about your current chart data, SQL executions, server performance, and other information.