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The Data

Flaremap JS can connect to many types of data formats.

Since Flaremap JS is built with JavaScript, the native Flaremap JS data format is essentially a CSV file expressed as a JavaScript "array of arrays". A CSV file such as:

Sales_Rep,Sales_Manager,Sales_Region,Total_Sales_Q4,Quota_Q4,Quota_Percent
Brett Black,Albert Bachman III,Mountain West,478920,614000,78
Vincent Iorio,Albert Bachman III,Mountain West,353100,535000,66

Will be expressed in JavaScript as:

var flaremapData = [
['Sales_Rep', 'Sales_Manager', 'Sales_Region', 'Total_Sales_Q4', 'Quota_Q4', 'Quota_Percent'],
['Brett Black', 'Albert Bachman III', 'Mountain West', 478920, 614000, 78],
['Vincent Iorio', 'Albert Bachman III', 'Mountain West', 353100, 535000, 66],
];

For an example Flaremap JS data set, see the file "salesforceData.js".

For information on connecting to different data formats see Part 6.1 – Connecting to Data.