{
    try
    {
		//get performance Variable
	    IXml performance = webAppAccess.getVariables().getXml("performance");
	    
	    //if toGet is blank, return all rows
	    if (toGet.equals(""))
	    	return performance;

		//otherwise, iterate through each row and assemble an XML object
		//consisting of the rows that match toGet	    
	    IXml result = XmlUtil.parseXml("<Rowset></Rowset>");
	    List theList = performance.getChildren("Row");
	    
	    //for each entry in theList...
	    for (Iterator it = theList.iterator(); it.hasNext();)
	    {
	    	IXml thisEntry = (IXml)it.next();	    	
	    	
	    	//check to see if the Area of the current entry equals toGet
		    if (thisEntry.findElement("Area").getText().equals(toGet))
	      	{  	    
	      	    
	      	    //create a new XML entry in the result XML based on the values in thisEntry
	      	 	IXml newEntry = result.addChildElement("Row");	      	    	      	    
	      	 	newEntry.addChildWithText("Name", thisEntry.findElement("Name").getText());	      	    	      	    
	      	 	newEntry.addChildWithText("Area", thisEntry.findElement("Area").getText());	      	    	      	    
	      	 	newEntry.addChildWithText("NewCustomers", thisEntry.findElement("NewCustomers").getText());	      	    	      	    
	  		 	newEntry.addChildWithText("TotalSales", thisEntry.findElement("TotalSales").getText());	 
	    	 	newEntry.addChildWithText("FeedbackRating", thisEntry.findElement("FeedbackRating").getText());	 	      	 		      	 		      	 		      	 	
	    	 	newEntry.addChildWithText("Comments", thisEntry.findElement("Comments").getText());	 	      	 		      	 		      	 		      	 	
	      	}
	    }  
	    
	    //return the result  	             	      
		return result;
	}
	//if there is an IOException, return null
	catch (java.io.IOException e)
	{	    
	    return null;
	}
}