ActiveWidgets controls provide flexible API for manipulating control data and linking to the external data sources. Get and Set methods for the related data properties are organized into the groups called models. Each group (model) provides the default implementation for the internal data store (javascript array) but also allows redirecting all property requests to the external object, for example XML or CSV data source.
In the most simple case the grid data is stored in the javascript array and the array reference is assigned with setCellData() method
// grid data in javascript array
var myCells = [
["MSFT","Microsoft Corporation", "314,571.156", "32,187.000"],
["ORCL", "Oracle Corporation", "62,615.266", "9,519.000"],
["SAP", "SAP AG (ADR)", "40,986.328", "8,296.420"],
["CA", "Computer Associates Inter", "15,606.335", "3,164.000"],
["ERTS", "Electronic Arts Inc.", "14,490.895", "2,503.727"]
];
// create new grid object
var obj = new AW.UI.Grid;
// assign reference to the data array
obj.setCellData(myCells);