Creating your First Data Viewing App

To get started go to reallifedata.net and click on "Editor" in the top right corner. Once you have signed in you will be redirected to the Project List. Select the project you'd like to create an app for.

If you're having trouble with this first step

Go to Sign Up and your 1st Project where it will lead you through creating your first project, and explain what a project is.

Creating a Graph

Click on Graphs in the RLD editor sidebar. Then click on Add Graph.

Give a name to your new Graph (we suggest "Test") and click Create.

Select the Simple Bar Graph (find more info on the others in the Visualizations Section) and click "OK".

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Find Input Fields on the sidebar and click on it.

Drag Month to your X-Axis.

Drag Revenue to your Y-Axis.

Drag fields into graph axes

You now have a working graph. Lets preview it.

Preview the graph

To preview your graph find Graph Settings on the right sidebar and click on it.

Then click Preview Graph

If you hover over the graph you will notice some animations and hover values.

Creating a Table

Click on Tables in the RLD editor sidebar. Then click on Add Table.

Give a name to your new Table (we suggest "Test") and click Create.

Find Input Fields on the sidebar and click on it.

Drag Month and Revenue onto your table like below.

To check our Calculations from earlier in "Getting Started" drag First Calculation, Number of Submits, and January Entered onto your table as well.

Drag fields into table

You now have a working Table. Lets preview it.

Preview the Table

To preview your table find Table on the right sidebar and click on it.

Then click Preview Table

Creating a Dashboard

Click on Dashboards in the RLD editor sidebar. Then click on Add Dashboard.

Give a name to your new Dashboard (we suggest "Test") and click Create.

Find Dashboard Layout on the right sidebar and click on it. If you are looking to make this dashboard for a certain device, select that one. For this guide we will select Phone Standard

Find Decorations on the left sidebar and click on it.

Drag in some text to the top of the dashboard. Find Words and Lables on the right sidebar, click on it, then enter "Test Dashboard" into the text box.

Drag Text

Find Graphs on the left sidebar and click on it.

Drag in the first graph you see like below. Resize the graph to take up a larger portion of the dashboard.

Drag Text

Find Tables on the left sidebar and click on it.

Drag in the first Table you see like below. Resize the Table to take up an appropriate space.

Drag Text

You now have a working Dashboard. Lets preview it.

Preview the Dashboard

To preview your table find Dashboard on the right sidebar and click on it.

Then click Preview Dashboard


Install and Use Your App for Viewing Data

Phones and Tablets

In this section we will be

  1. Downloading the RLD App Runner for Data Viewing
  2. Logging in and running your app on your device

Downloading the RLD App Runner for Data Viewing

Go to the Real Life Data Website. Click menu in the top right corner. A drop down will appear. Click on Install Viewer If you do not see menu in the top right corner, go ahead and click Viewer

This will take you to the app store for your device. Once you're there go ahead and install it.

Using the RLD Runner

Once you're done installing, open the app and login.

If this is your first view you will see 1 App show up on your list of Views. It should contain the name and any description you put in for your form. You will notice a small icon showing us what the form looks like.

Click on the 1 App you see.

As easy as that your app is now running on your phone. Enter in some text then click submit to test it.

Laptops, Personal Computers, and Macs.

Luckily RLD Apps can run on the web as well as in app. For Laptops we suggest running on the web.

First go to Go to the Real Life Data Website. Click Viewer* in the top right corner. Login and you will be redirected to a list of Views. We have created a graph, a table, and a dashboard, so should see 3 small icons. Click on the dashboard icon.

And as easy as that you are now running your view app on your laptop or personaal computer! Enter in some text and click the submit button to test it out.