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  • 1.  Increasing Datalinq Reference Number

    Posted 06-20-2024 12:50

    Hey! I'm working on our American football graphics package for this upcoming season. I'm trying to set up a graphic to pull datalinq information for the latest scoring drive. I have all of that data coming in over an XML document already (pictured below), I just need help figuring out how to tell Xpression, "pull the most recent block of information".

    column: score<xxxx>

    row: whichever stat I want to pull

    I really just need to know what I should put within the <> next to score.

    Thank you!



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    John Spitznagel
    Video Production Engineer
    Elon University
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  • 2.  RE: Increasing Datalinq Reference Number

    Posted 06-21-2024 12:07

    Hi John, 

    I can tell you how I'm doing it, but as you know, there is more than one way to skin a phoenix. First, I have a datalinq key in my scene named "idx". The value is set to max. This will ensure I pull the most recent drive data. I also use the datalinq key to pull the previous drive data, if needed. But I have found that I rarely, if ever, need to use it. Then on my text object for the stat, I am pulling

    Column: drives/drive<%idx%>

    Row: plays (or yards or top)

    I have found that the drive column only shows up in the xml file when the game is live. If you're trying to use an xml file for a completed game, you won't see the drive column. I believe I had my SID run a test game to set up my Drive Summary.

    I hope that helps.



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    Matt Finlayson
    Brigham Young University
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  • 3.  RE: Increasing Datalinq Reference Number

    Posted 06-28-2024 13:57

    What version of XPression are you running, because in a recent release they added the ability to do this.  I took a screenshot because I knew in my future this would be important.  So then it will always pull the latest drive. - Now I have not played around with this, but <max> should work.  But if you are doing a recap after kick off happens for the next drive, you might have to do <max-1>.



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    Garrett Hall
    Overtime Elite
    Atlanta United States
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  • 4.  RE: Increasing Datalinq Reference Number

    Posted 07-01-2024 09:30

    Thanks everyone! Using <max> worked for us. We are on Xpression 11.5. 

    <max-1> also works for anyone wondering. I appreciate the help!



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    John Spitznagel
    Video Production Engineer
    Elon University
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