If the input data are in a separate sheet of the same Google document, then
you can still use the same logic. The function just changes to reference a
different sheet:

=IF(Sheet1!B2>Sheet1!A2, "⇧", "⇩")

I have updated the document to contain the same arrows in Sheet2,
referencing the contents of Sheet1.

Or am I missing something?

The ArrowFormatter you found is useful if you accept to put your data inside
a 
Table<http://code.google.com/apis/chart/interactive/docs/gallery/table.html>visualization
and host the visualization in a webpage, separate from your
spreadsheet (I don't think there's a way to use formatters when embedding
visualizations as gadgets inside a spreadsheet, unless you're willing to
roll out some code of your own to do so).

-- R.

On 26 September 2011 13:00, eric engen <[email protected]> wrote:

> its a pain of a workaround 'cause i really need the function to draw
> its info from another sheet(within the same document)
>
> i found this
>
> http://code.google.com/intl/iw-IL/apis/chart/interactive/docs/reference.html#arrowformatter
> but i have no idea how to use it
>
> On 26 ספטמבר, 14:52, ChartMan <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Reading my mind :-)
> > On Sep 26, 2011 12:28 PM, "Riccardo Govoni ☢" <[email protected]>
> wrote:> Would something like this be good enough?
> >
> > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Av88pFrCTjLhdFhqMVVTZzZJ...
> >
> > > I used a combination of spreadsheet functions, unicode characters and
> > > conditional formatting.
> >
> > > First I defined a
> > > function<
> >
> > https://docs.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=table.cs&topic=25273
> >
> >
> >
> > >that,
> > > depending on the comparison of 2 cells (this week vs last week),
> > > produces an up arrow or a down arrow:
> >
> > > =IF(B2>A2, "⇧", "⇩")
> >
> > > For the arrow themselves, I used two unicode arrow
> > > symbols<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_(symbol)>
> > > .
> > > Last I applied some conditional formatting to the column, specifying
> that
> > > the font color should be green if the cell contains an up arrow, and
> red
> > > otherwise.
> >
> > > -- R.
> >
> > > On 26 September 2011 08:35, eric engen <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >> i'd rather have it show up in google docs but if their's only a way
> > >> (and i've noticed that there is a possibility to "publish" said
> > >> document to the net for free) to do this with an online document that
> > >> thats just what i'll have to deal with.
> >
> > >> thanks again
> >
> > >> On 25 ספטמבר, 20:55, ChartMan <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> > Do you need this table with arrows to show up in Docs or just in a
> web
> > >> page?
> >
> > >> > On Sep 25, 2011 4:44 PM, "eric engen" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >> > > hi and thanks in advance to any and everyone who will take the
> time
> > to
> > >> > > answer my question.
> >
> > >> > > at the firm i work in we use google docs a lot and i would like to
> > >> > > have somekind of script or something that will show me a small
> > up/down
> > >> > > arrow for different cells by comparing them to a value from last
> > >> > > week( i have a sheet for every week of the month)
> >
> > >> > > if i wasnt clear enough then: last week say my new york shop sold
> > >> > > 5000$ of goods and this week 3000$ of goods and i want to have a
> > small
> > >> > > red arrow indicating that the sale of the new york store has gone
> > down
> > >> > > as opposed to last week
> >
> > >> > > thank you for any help' im not a programmer but i know my way
> around
> > >> > > computers and i believe with just a few small nudges in the right
> > >> > > direction i will get the results i need
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