That's a very good question.
Perhaps data can be in an outside xml file that can be dynamically updated.
Any takers?


On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:05 PM, sig_UVA <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I am looking through the graphing components that come with Flex and
> they seem straightforward. However, all of the examples use arrays as
> the data provider where calculations have already been performed. Data
> is rarely stored in the database that way, so I am wondering how users
> here obtain those types of values to put into their graphs.
>
> The database I am using to store this data (Quickbase) is only capable
> of serving up the XML in a flat structure.  How would I perform
> calculations on this data?  Should I create an new array by looping
> through the existing array collection? In Ruby, I've used hashes
> before, with the index being the value on which you group.  I didn't
> think this was efficient though.
>
> As an example, I am trying to create a running total graph of number
> of employee hires by month.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> >
>


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