Tutorial 3:

Creating a Flash map that gets data through the dataXML variable

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions for building a report that uses a Flash map from the Flash object library to display sales by territory. The map uses data from the Classic Models sample database, which you convert to XML and pass to the map through the dataXML variable.

This tutorial requires a considerable amount of code (SQL, JavaScript, and XML). Instead of typing the code, you can copy the code from the online help.

You perform the following tasks in this tutorial:

Create a new report.

Build a data source.

Build a data set.

Find a suitable Flash map.

Review the map specifications.

Map the data set values to the Flash map entity values.

Add the Flash map to the report.

Generate an XML data string.

Create the dataXML variable and pass the data.

Format the Flash map.

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