Laravel query builder for Charts.js - sql

Question

I have logic querying a MSSQL Server database view and I've been searching for a solutions along with trying different techniques. Of course I don't expect a full solution where this is two parts (query builder & frontend javascript/chart) but any helpful direction would greatly appreciated. Here I'm getting the count of Leads on a particular day grouped by the date created and source of the leads. I'm trying build this the Laravel way so to speak, and display in charts.js. I'm thinking I might need to make two different database calls/queries. One count and one for the group by source text.
Thank you for your help for a solutions or an helpful direction I can take.
I have already done total leads for another chart but this project has some extra sugar to it.
SELECT count([LeadID]) as numleads,[LeadSource],cast(leadcreated as date) as
`enter code here`createddate
FROM [myDatabase].[dbo].[viewAllLeads]
where companyid=001
group by cast(leadcreated as date),[LeadSource]
order by createddate
Chart.js set up:
- Top links (horizontal) the groupby info by LeadSource
- Left, y-axis - the count of the leads
- Bottom x-axis - the date lead was created

Answer 1

It should actually be straight forward, but you need to be aware that using DB::raw() is necessary. To begin with, here your query a little bit nicer formatted:
SELECT
[LeadSource],
CAST([leadcreated] as date) as createddate,
COUNT([LeadID]) as numleads
FROM [dbo].[viewAllLeads]
WHERE [companyid] = '001'
GROUP BY [LeadSource], CAST([leadcreated] as date)
ORDER BY [createddate]
And converted to an Eloquent query:
DB::table('viewAllLeads') // the query builder doesn't care if it's a table or view
->select([
'LeadSource',
DB::raw('CAST(leadcreated as date) as createddate'),
DB::raw('COUNT(LeadID) as numleads')
])
->where('companyid', '001')
->groupBy('LeadSource', DB::raw('CAST(leadcreated as date)'))
->orderBy('createddate')
->get();
This will return a Illuminate\Support\Collection containing stdClass objects of the following form:
object(stdClass)#1 (3) {
["LeadSource"] => string(3) "ABC"
["createddate"] => string(10) "2019-08-05"
["numleads"] => int(15)
}

Answer 2

$leads = Lead::where('companyid', $companyid)->get()->groupBy(function ($item) {
return $item->created_at->format('Y-m-d');
})->sortBy(function ($item) {
return $item->created_at->format('x');
});
if you use dd($leads) you can see the data structure.