Rich -- the charts will work fine on objects instead of xml, but they are written to work only off of a flat array of objects. As you have discovered, there is no way to point a particular series to look down into a nested reference in the dataprovider for its data. This is a great feature request, so if you want to submit it to the wish list that would be great. In the meantime, you'll have to masssage your data into a flat list, either on the client or the server, before displaying it in the chart. Ely. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Tretola Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 5:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Charting Importance: High Has anyone done any charting with complex objects or are all using only basic xml for charting data ? Rich On 6/15/05, Rich Tretola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All of the macromedia examples are using xml for their datasource and > then hard coding the node name into the column series. Example: > > XML: > <data> > > <result month="Jan-04" average="203443"> > <apple>224254</apple> > <orange>221819</orange> > <banana>164256</banana> > </result> > > <result month="Feb-04" average="180365"> > <apple>191012</apple> > <orange>217965</orange> > <banana>132120</banana> > </result> > > </data> > > > Column Series: > <mx:series> > <mx:Array> > <mx:ColumnSeries yField="apple" name="Apple"/> > <mx:ColumnSeries yField="orange" name="Orange"/> > <mx:ColumnSeries yField="banana" name="Banana"/> > </mx:Array> > </mx:series> > > Is there anyway to use a dataprovider specific to the ColumnSeries > Array or wrap the ColumnSeries tag with a repeater ? I can't seem to > get either to work. > > My data consists of an array of year objects with a sub array of > quarter objects. > > Object FiscalYear: > year:String > revenue:Number: 100000 > Array: quarters > Object Quarter: > year:String: > quarter:String > revenue:Number > > I want to have a grouped chart with a grouping for each year that has > 4 columns representing each quarter. > > Rich > Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
