Sending Charts as Email Attachments from APEX Application
In this blog, I will share well known process of sending a chart from an Oracle APEX application as an email attachment. This feature can be especially useful for sharing data visualizations directly from your application with team members or stakeholders. We will cover the steps to create a chart, add a button to trigger the email, and use both JavaScript and PL/SQL to send the chart as an attachment. Step 1: Create a Chart To begin, we need to create a chart in our Oracle APEX application. For this demonstration, let's create a chart with a static ID reg_dept_emp_chart . Instructions: In your Oracle APEX application, create a new chart region. Set the Static ID of the chart region to reg_dept_emp_chart . Step 2: Add a Button Next, we will add a button to trigger the process of sending the chart as an email attachment. Step 3: JavaScript Function to Save the Chart Now, we will create a JavaScript function called saveJETChart . This function captures the chart as an image and send