Could someone please look at my post below and provide me some help?
Thanks.
--- In [email protected], "Mehul Doshi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a few questions on how I should go about achieving
something
> using Flex Charting.
>
> I have a Java servlet/controller that will return XML data. The
data
> will consist of multiple datapoints for multiple companies. Let's
> assume that the xml follows the below structure:
>
> <company1 name="ABC">
> <datapoint date="Jan">50</datapoint>
> <datapoint date="Feb">70</datapoint>
> </company1>
> <company2 name="DEF">
> <datapoint date="Jan">70</datapoint>
> <datapoint date="Feb">50</datapoint>
> </company2>
>
> Using this XML, I need to programatically (using
> Javascript/Actionscript) create a chart with multiple LineSeries
and
> set the dataprovider for each.
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1. How do I obtain the XML data? I'm currently using
XMLHttpRequest
> to get it...any better approach? Do I need to use the DataServices
> feature of Flex?
> 2. Using my current approach, I'm not sure how I can set the
> dataprovider (and xfield,yfield) for each LineSeries (each
company)?
>
> Thanks,
> Mehul.
>
