Question 1

Updates

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August 2024

Introducing settings page

With the introduction of the Settings page, you can now view and later change your personal information, billing and usage information and manage users.

Settings page

We will soon offer the possibility to add other users to your account. We will inform you as soon as we have released this feature.

Data Jumbo on Notion Marketplace

We are proud to announce that we, data jumbo, are an official partner of Notion and are listed on their Integration gallery.

Data Jumbo listed on Notion Integration gallery

May 2024

Introducing auto-save

It is no longer necessary to press the save button. We now do this automatically. Every change is saved immediately. You can recognize that the changes have been saved by the icon. Here are all possible icon statuses that can be accepted:

all auto-save states

Display values in line and radar charts

Line chart with formatted values

In both line and radar charts, you now have the option to display values directly at each intersection point. Additionally, for line charts, values are presented exactly as configured on th

Question 2

How to create your first chart

Accepted Answer

Congratulations on connecting your Notion workspace to Data Jumbo! Now it's time to create your first chart. This guide will walk you through the process of creating a chart from your Notion data.

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Question 3

Deal with Column types (Property)

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What’s a column type? Each columns of your databases have a type. Below you can find 6 columns, with 6 different type identified by their icon.

Expense of type Title
Amount of type Number
Category of type Select
Date of type Date
Comment of type Text
Property of type Formula

Here you find notion property types

Data Jumbo types

To simplify your process of chart creation, these columns types are grouped into 4 categories

quantitative (blue)

number
formula (if it contains only numbers)
rollup (if it contains only numbers)

date (green)

date
created time
last edited time
formula (if it contains dates)
rollup (if it contains dates)

categorical (yellow)

select
multi select
relation
people
checkbox
created by
last edited by
status

unique (purple)

title
rich text
files
url
email
phone number
unique ID

| Rollup is an exception, it get the type of its original property.

Each group is associated with a color in Data Jumbo source file section.

Which types to use in Data Jumbo?

For Values ( Y axis )

Quantitative type is recommended

Only quantitative types (number and formula) can be used for displaying their value or for mathematical functions like sum or average. Remembe

Question 4

How to connect your Notion workspace

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In order to use Data Jumbo, you will need to connect your Notion workspace. This will allow you to select the Notion database you want to use to create your charts.

Connecting Your Notion Workspace

After signing in or signing up to Data Jumbo, you will be prompted to connect your Notion workspace.
Click on the "Connect Notion" button.
You will be asked to give permissions to our app to access your Notion workspace.
Once you have given the app the necessary permissions, you will be able to select the Notion database you want to use to create your charts.

Troubleshooting

If you are unable to connect to your Notion Workspace, make sure that you have given the necessary permissions to the app and that you are signed in to the correct Notion account.
If you are still having trouble, make sure you are logged in to the correct Notion account.
Make sure that you have an active internet connection.

Question 5

Troubleshoot template duplication

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If you have faced an error while duplicating a template chart in you Notion workspace, then you’re at the right place. Here’s how to solve it.

But first, let’s briefly explain how it works. To work properly, Data Jumbo needs a Connection the right database (yellow arrow), then you Data Jumbo can generate the chart in your Notion pages (purple arrow). The point of the duplication is it create these 2 coneections. Most of the times it works fine, but sometimes, you need to change a few parameters.

For each errors, here’s how to solve it

No Match

When you try to duplicate a chart, Data Jumbo tries to find a source database with the same name as the one used in the original template. For instance “My Notion Database”.

Here’s 2 reasons possible for this error:

Data Jumbo doesn’t have access to the database. Then you will have to grant access, here’s how to do it 👉 Share a database with Data Jumbo Then refresh the page of duplication
The name of the databases has changed. It’s less common but it can happen. To solve it, it’s simple, just find the right database in the dropdown.

| Note that it can take up to 1 minute for a document to be accessible from Data Jumbo. If you have a “no mat

Question 6

How to reload my chart manually

Accepted Answer

In some cases you have to update the data for the chart manually. In this article we will show you how to do this:

Step-by-step process

Login into data jumbo
Select the chart you want to update
Editor of the chart will open
Select "Source" tab on left side editor
Click on the reload button

Reload data for your chart

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