Disclaimer: I might be wrong. A client once talked to me about Pivot Table's in Excel, and explained it as being "like Query Grouping that you do in ColdFusion." They wanted to use ColdFusion's reporting features to create pivot table like functionality.
I remember thinking the difference was that ColdFusion grouping is usually vertical (Each group being under the next one); the Pivot Table approach was horizontal (Each group being next to each other). I remember thinking that the web browser wasn't a good approach for this type of horizontal data. ( But I can understand why it might be useful in Excel, or potentially in a Flex app ). People who understand the Pivot Table concept really well, are welcome to correct my remedial understanding of it. Peter Hall wrote: > > > I looked at the demo, but I'm assuming it is not showing off the full > potential of the component, as it's just a completely static table. I > think they need to show some more interesting features before I'd > think of paying that much... > > Btw, I a client showed me a pivot table in Excel last week, to > demonstrate how they need some data to be manipulated. I'd never seen > that before, and I was annoyed to find myself thinking that Excel is > really cool... > > Peter > > On Nov 24, 2007 6:22 PM, Paul Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:paul%40ipauland.com>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Looks interesting, though at $779, I wonder how many they'll sell? > > > > How does anyone arrive at a sale price of $779? - surely it should be > $799, > > or $750, or better still $79.. ;-) > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: godzhesas > > To: [email protected] > <mailto:flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 12:50 PM > > Subject: [flexcomponents] New Flex Pivot Table Component > > > > http://www.flexmonster.com <http://www.flexmonster.com> released a > pivot table component(from the site): > > > > Main features: > > > > * Different data sources: OLEDB for OLAP, XML, file, network stream > > * Data grouping, filtering, drilling down, rolling up, dimensional > > pivoting > > * Summary calculation for your data (SUM, MAX, MIN, MEAN, VAR, STDDEV, > > COUNT) > > * Different types of visualisations: table views, charts, graphics > > * Refreshed automatically when source data is changed > > * Drag-and-drop support (IN DEVELOPMENT) > > * Intuitive interface, customizable cell styles and format > > * Compact size, quick data rendering (100% Action Script 3.0 written) > > * Fully compatible with Flex > > > > and a demo is available! > > -- Jeffry Houser, Technical Entrepreneur, Software Developer, Author, Recording Engineer AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My Company: <http://www.dot-com-it.com> My Podcast: <http://www.theflexshow.com> My Blog: <http://www.jeffryhouser.com>
