I wonder why to use excel here.

The data are yet in the best place, a database.

You have the tool to retrieve the desired data from database to a perl "object". Easy to print and to manipulate.

And in cpan you will find many modules to make graphics without the need of excel.

If your goal is simply to create a lot of graphics you are using a lot of unnecesary extra space spend in (mostly unused) spreadsheets. Is this what you really want?.

Adapted from the documentation of the module Chart::Base:

use Chart::Bars;

$g = Chart::Bars->new(600,500); # chart size
$g->add_dataset ('Berlin', 'Paris', 'Rome', 'London', 'Munich'); # nam
+e of the five items
$g->add_dataset (10, 40, 60, 70, 12); # surface area
$g->add_dataset (18, 20, 30, 30, 40);  # population (Thousands) 

%hash = ('title' => 'Sold Cars in 2001',
         'text_space' => 5,
         'grey_background' => 'false',
         'integer_ticks_only' => 'true',
         'x_label' => 'City',
         'y_label' => 'Number of Cars',
         'legend' => 'bottom',
         'legend_labels' => ['surface' , 'population'],
         'min_val' => 0,
         'max_val' => 70,
         'grid_lines' =>'true',
         'colors' => {'title' => 'red',
                      'x_label' => 'blue',
                      'y_label' => 'blue'} );
$g->set (%hash);
$g->png ("bars.png");   # print chart to the file bars.png

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In reply to Re: How to create a chart with data from database by pvaldes
in thread How to create a chart with data from database by terrykhatri531

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