Notion is a fantastic place to store structured information, and a middling place to look at it. Data Jumbo is the thin layer that fixes that. Here's the fastest path from a database to an embed, in three steps.
1. Set up your Data Jumbo account
- Register — email or Google.
- Connect your Notion workspace.
- Pick whether you share one database at a time, or the whole workspace if you want.
2. Build a chart
Click the new-chart button, pick your database, and you land in the editor. Configuration lives on the left; customization on the right. The configuration panels cover the essentials:
- Chart type — bars, lines, KPI, donut, calendar, radar, waffle.
- Value and label columns — your y and x axes.
- Bucket by and splits — group rows, stack categories.
- Sort — ascending or descending, by value or label.
- Filters — date = today, value > N, checkbox checked, whatever you need.
3. Import into Notion
Hit Export chart → Private embed. Copy the link. Paste it into any Notion page and choose "Create embed." That's it — the chart now refreshes every time someone loads the page, or when they click the reload button.
What about Google Sheets?
Not yet, but it's on the roadmap. Data Jumbo is built on D3.js, which means the charting core is the same one used by the New York Times graphics team. The source stays Notion today; more sources are coming.