Google Visualization Data Source in .NET (http://code.google.com/p/ dotnet-visualization-datasource/)
Having demo'd a number of Google Gadgets to clients they increasingly ask "how they can use the Gadgets to display their internal sales and management data". Given that they are opposed to exposing their data through Google Spreadsheets and are primarily Microsoft shops, I have decided to implement my own Data Source using the .NET framework. The code is by no means complete however I have chosen to host it on Google Code to get the opinions of any similar users and developers out there. This preliminary version contains a framework for processing and responding to a Google Visualization Data Source request as per the Data Source Developers Guide documentation. The original remit of the project was a means of providing access to business data that can be used to feed Google Visualization gadgets. In particular, the ability to generate dashboards and corporate overviews from Microsoft back office application data prompted me to develop a .NET version of the Data Source. The plan is to decouple the Visualization library from the data source using the Provider framework such that an implementer can create Provider based classes to connect to their own internal systems. The Visualization Data Source retreives DataSets from the Provider and uses them to generate the JSON formatted data. Using RESTful web services, the Google Gadget user will be able to connect to the Visualization data source and specify which back office provider they wish to query. The release 0.1.0 library is in its infancy but contains a concise set of handler classes for the current Data Source specification. Included in the version 0.1.0 download is a sample web project demonstrating the expect usage of the library. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Visualization API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-visualization-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
