Data Organization

Chapter 12

This chapter explains how to organize data that you send to PopChart Server. It provides examples of how to organize data in a standard spreadsheet format (used by data files and databases), as well in PopChart XML and PCScript.

Note: For information on how to send this data to PopChart Server, you should refer to Chapter 6, "Sending Dynamic Data to PopChart Server," in the PopChart Server User Guide.

The graphs that PopChart Server displays can be divided into four data classes, based on how they expect your data to be organized. The data classes, each of which will be discussed in this chapter, are as follows:

Standard Data Class

Area Graphs, Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, Line Bar Combo Graphs, Pareto Graphs, Pie Graphs, Radar Graphs, Stacked Bar Graphs.

Plot Data Class

Bubble Graphs, Time Plot Graphs, X-Y Plot Graphs.

Stock Data Class

Stock Graphs (High-Low/Open-Close, Candlestick).

Gauge Data Class

Gauges.

This chapter just discusses the format of the data for these data classes. For a discussion of the graph types themselves, refer to Chapter 13, "Graph Types."