{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/vega/vega-lite/issues/1271","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/vega/vega-lite","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/vega/vega-lite/issues/1271/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/vega/vega-lite/issues/1271/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/vega/vega-lite/issues/1271/events","html_url":"https://github.com/vega/vega-lite/issues/1271","id":144199815,"number":1271,"title":"Support multiple source datasets like vega","user":{"login":"rgrp","id":180658,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/180658?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/rgrp","html_url":"https://github.com/rgrp","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rgrp/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rgrp/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rgrp/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rgrp/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rgrp/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rgrp/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rgrp/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rgrp/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rgrp/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2016-03-29T08:58:42Z","updated_at":"2016-03-31T12:50:57Z","closed_at":null,"body":"At the moment vega-lite's data property is a little different from vega's in that it only allows one data source (and does not name it).\r\n\r\nWill it be possible in future to have vega-lite support multiple datasets similar to vega?\r\n\r\nAside: whatever you do it might be worth documenting the difference here and what happens in the transformation to vega data as technical users (like me) would be interested. It took me a while to grok what was happening e.g. that the data from vega-lite always ends up in a dataset called source -- and I'm still unsure whether i can do late data binding (does the `layout` dataset get transformed ...)?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/vega/vega-lite/issues/comments/203919166","html_url":"https://github.com/vega/vega-lite/issues/1271#issuecomment-203919166","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/vega/vega-lite/issues/1271","id":203919166,"user":{"login":"rgrp","id":180658,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/180658?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/rgrp","html_url":"https://github.com/rgrp","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rgrp/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rgrp/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rgrp/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rgrp/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rgrp/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rgrp/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rgrp/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rgrp/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rgrp/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-03-31T12:50:57Z","updated_at":"2016-03-31T12:50:57Z","body":"@domoritz here's a summary of where i found \"sharp edges\": https://github.com/okfn/datapackage-render-js#research - a result of my working getting a rudimentary data package + vega-lite integration working :smile: )\r\n\r\nBTW if you have time for a call at some point with me and e.g. @pwalsh think that could be super productive ..."}}