While the Cloud Accelerator is great for visualizing your cloud architecture, its real power is unlocked when you layer in external business data. This walkthrough shows you how to use a unique identifier to bridge the gap between your spreadsheets and your automated cloud models.Â
What you’ll learn:
- How to prepare data from Google Sheets, CSV, Excel, or APIs for a seamless import.
- How to use the
lookup formula to map external spreadsheet rows to specific cloud shapes using a unique Resource ID. For full formula information, please view this documentation. - How to extract specific data points—like average cost or trend data—and display them directly on your infrastructure.
- How to apply conditional formatting and dynamic shapes to visualize compliance, security, or usage data against manual benchmarks.
⚙️ A note on the UI
This video was produced around 2024. While Lucidscale is now Cloud Accelerator and the Lucid interface has been refreshed since then, the core logic for data mapping and the use of global formulas remain the standard for building data-rich cloud diagrams.
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