Data Viewer for Microsoft Teams
Data Viewer for Microsoft Teams provides business users with the ability to easily report on data in the form of Table views or Charts.
Learn moreBusiness need or problem
Business users need access to reports on business data within Microsoft Teams in order to make better determined and informed business decisions. Charts, or Tables with key performance indicators, are fast and simple to create for business users to enable information to be built and shared with team members quickly using the Data Viewer in Microsoft Teams tabs.
Business solution
The Data Viewer is a simple to configure tool for Microsoft Teams and SharePoint that enables Table view reports or Charts to be built on external or internal data quickly. Reports can be established on Excel Files, SQL Azure Databases, OData services, SharePoint Lists, and Business Connectivity Services External Content Types. Within the Data Viewer, Tables can be defined where the user can determine which columns to display, set data formatting, grouping, and conditional formatting all without code. Alternatively, Charts such as column, line, surface area, pie, donut, and bar charts can be created and styled on the same underlying data sources.
Business value
The Data Viewer displays data in a variety of formats so that business users can make more informed decisions during the collaboration with other team members. Configuration is simple and effective, allowing business users to easily create the reports that their team needs.
Success factors
The Data Viewer has helped organizations build dashboards within SharePoint using connections from other SPFx web parts, such as the Lightning Conductor by Lightning Tools. Reports have also been created and shared through SharePoint and Microsoft Teams for a wide range of verticals including automotive, financial, and healthcare organizations.