Yes you can use a google spreadsheet. I haven't done it but here's the info
on it:
https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/spreadsheets#Google_Spreadsheets_as_a_Data_Source




On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Tracy Ridge <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks Yolanda
>
> This is really useful.  Out of interest can you take data from a google
> spreadsheet and manipulate it.  I wondered whether retrieving the
> information form a google spreadsheet would be better.
>
>
> On Tuesday, 14 August 2012 15:26:35 UTC+1, Yolanda Davis wrote:
>>
>> Tracy,
>>
>> I think you can accomplish this all with jQuery and the Google
>> Datatable/DataView.  If you are using a file to store the JSON you can save
>> it as a php file and then use jQuery ajax to read the contents of that php
>> file into a DataTable.  From there you can use the group method in order to
>> do aggregate functions (sum, average, etc).  Finally you can pass that into
>> your column chart.
>>
>> I hope this helps! Here is the online reference to the group method:
>> https://developers.google.com/**chart/interactive/docs/**
>> reference#google_**visualization_data_group<https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/reference#google_visualization_data_group>
>>
>>
>> Yolanda
>>
>> On Monday, August 13, 2012 6:24:42 PM UTC-4, Tracy Ridge wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I am just requiring a little advice on how to approach this project.
>>> I am going to place all my data in a json file.  The data is a list of
>>> donations categorised by individual, company, school and miscellaneous
>>> donations.
>>>
>>> I want to make a column chart with the total(sum) of all donations from
>>> each categories and a table with the top 10 donations from the categories
>>> with the names and amount.
>>>
>>> I would prefer to do this with PHP but if easier will use jQuery and I
>>> would also like to take in consideration any security issues.  Any help
>>> will be gratefully appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance
>>>
>>> Tracy
>>>
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