Visual and low-code cells

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Visual cells are where you create visualizations in Count. They can be built from other cells, or directly from database tables.

Create a visual cell

Check out the Visualization Overview to see how to create a visual cell.

See the output table of a visual

In any visual, you can toggle between the visual and the table of results. This allows you to see the row-level detail of your visual.

Seeing visual results table

Querying a visual

You can query a visualization to continue your analysis (think: pivot your data, then query the resulting pivot table).

Reference a visual cell by:

• building a SQL cell that references the visual cell name in the FROM statement, or

• selecting one of the Reference cell shortcuts near the edge of the selected visual

Querying a visual

Visuals that contain more than one mark have multiple queries (and therefore output tables) associated with them — one per mark. The output table that is referenced by another cell is that returned by the lowest non-empty mark.

Execute visual queries locally

By default, your visuals will be executed as queries on your data warehouse. If you would prefer to instead perform these queries locally, you may select the Local database option from the cell controls in the right-hand sidebar.

If the visual is built directly from a database table, then this option will not be possible. In this case you should first create a cell that references the database table, then ensure the visual references that cell.

Low-code cells provide a quick and easy way to query data without the use of SQL or Python. They combine many of the controls of visual cells with the single-table output of a SQL cell.

Creating a low-code cell

Create a low-code cell by either:

• Using the X keyboard shortcut to place a new cell

• Selecting the Low-code cell option from the control bar

• Clicking on the + icon that appears when the cell is selected and then selecting Low-code cell

How low-code cells work

Low-code cells output a single table just like SQL cells, but their queries are controlled via a UI similar to that for visuals. You can chain low-code cells to each other or any other cell type, and they will update automatically when any of their dependencies change.

First select the base table you want to query, and then either:

• Drag the columns you'd like to explore into the Columns section

• Click on each column to add

You can add filters by dragging columns into the Filters section.

First select the table you want to query.

Then click on or drag tokens to add them as columns in the query, or drag to the Filters section.

You can add columns from multiple tables or cells by using low-code joins.