Thats actually a really good idea Tracy, thanks. Not sure why it didn't occur to me :)
That approach still leaves me with my biggest question though, which is how to handle updates to the data. My app is basically a document generation workflow, so the user will be moving (possibly large) sets of documents through different steps that happen on the server, and we'll be polling for status updates and whatnot. So when a result returns from the server, would I just push out the new data to the collections? Or perhaps I could bind the collections to the master set somehow? Thanks, Ben --- In [email protected], "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Could you use e4x xml as the master data, then use the node selection > sepressions to return the xml or XMLList you want, and put that data > subset into an XMLListCollection to take advantage of the cllection API? > > > > Tracy > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of ben.clinkinbeard > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 11:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] One data set, multiple DataGrids/views- best > approach? > > > > In an upcoming project I will need to provide multiple views of the > same data, most likely in the form of an XMLListCollection, in > multiple DataGrids. The scenario is that I will have a large master > set of data, but depending on which screen you are on you will only > see the appropriate parts of the data (proposed documents, generated > documents, approved documents, etc). I will also be using some > compound filterFunctions, so that on the screen displaying only the > approved documents, the user can additionally filter by document type, > etc. > > My question, finally, is what is the best way to approach this? I have > toyed with the idea of making a copy of the data for each screen, but > that seems error prone and hackish as the data will be updating while > the application is being used. Should I change the filterFunction > being used when the user switches screens so I essentially have one > DataGrid shared between screens and the 'multiple views' is faked? > Should I break the data into pieces? Any advice or guidance is greatly > appreciated. > > Thanks, > Ben > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
