How to build an engaging, interactive world map report with Visualforce, the Google GeoChart API, a single standard report and Salesforce URL hacking without being a Salesforce developer.
The purpose of this user guide is to demonstrate how you can quickly and easily create an interactive world map with Visualforce which leverages Salesforce reports and the Google GeoChart API to deliver a custom page that wouldn’t be achievable via the standard Dashboard functionality.
You don’t need to be a Salesforce developer to achieve this objective. You will learn some HTML, CSS, become more familiar with the Google GeoChart API and Visualforce from reading this guide, and hopefully it will give you some ideas about to leverage these technologies, and other charting tools, further to deliver attractive custom reports.
The tangible end result of all of this is that you will be able to create a stunning ‘world map’ Visualforce page, which can be have different countries or continents clicked on to display Salesforce report data.
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