Examples

Hello!

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• hello.md
• hello.csv

Variables and Template file

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• pageviews.md
• access_2025-01.csv.gz
• theme.pptx

• # command
  plotance --template theme.pptx --arg year=2025 --arg month=01 pageviews.md

Grid Layout

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• grid.md
• grid1.csv
• grid2.csv

Sections

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• title_and_sections.md

Charts

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• chart_types.md
• bar.csv
• line.csv
• area.csv
• scatter.csv
• bubble.csv
• percentage.csv

Text Styles

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• text_styles.md
• image.jpg

Data Table

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• table.md
• table.csv

Using Plotance as a Tool

Plotance can be used as a tool for generating .pptx files in Bash/PowerShell scripts. This example generates a catalog of Azure service icons. Due to license restrictions for Azure icons, we do not provide the resulting file.

The PowerShell script Generate-AzureIconsSlides.ps1 performs the following steps:

1. Downloads the ZIP archive of icons and extracts the files.
2. Downloads the Plotance executable.
3. Generates the Markdown file.
4. Converts the Markdown file to the presentation file.

On windows, you may need to adjust the execution policy to run PowerShell scripts:

# Save the current execution policy for the current shell session.
$oldExecutionPolicy = Get-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process

# Set the policy to "RemoteSigned", allowing local scripts and signed downloaded scripts to run.
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope Process

# Unblock the script to allow execution.
Unblock-File Generate-AzureIconsSlides.ps1

# Execute the script.
.\Generate-AzureIconsSlides.ps1

# Restore the original execution policy.
Set-ExecutionPolicy $oldExecutionPolicy -Scope Process

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• Generate-AzureIconsSlides.ps1