var method = "GetListItems";                  
var webURL =  $().SPServices.SPGetCurrentSite() ;                      
var list = "Dashboard";                       
var fieldsToRead = "<ViewFields>"+"<FieldRef Name='Name' />" +"</ViewFields>"; 
var query = "<Query><OrderBy><FieldRef Name='ID'  Ascending='True' /></OrderBy></Query>";       

$().SPServices

        ({

                    operation: method,

                    async: false, 

                    webURL: webURL,

                    listName: list,

                    CAMLViewFields: "<ViewFields Properties='True' />",

                    CAMLQuery: query,                                                                                     
 
                    completefunc: function (xData, Status)

                     {

<script type="text/javascript">

$( document ).ready(function() {

alert( "ready!" );

});

var method = "GetListItems";               
var webURL =  $().SPServices.SPGetCurrentSite() ;                      
var list = "Dashboard";                       
var fieldsToRead = "<ViewFields>"+"<FieldRef Name='Name' />" +"
</ViewFields>"; 
var query = "<Query><OrderBy><FieldRef Name='ID'  Ascending='True' /></OrderBy></Query>";
         

$().SPServices

        ({

                    operation: method,

                    async: false,  
                    
                    webURL: webURL,

                    listName: list,

                    CAMLViewFields: "<ViewFields Properties='True' />",
               
                    CAMLQuery: query, 
                    
                    // Override the default view rowlimit and get all appropriate rows
                CAMLRowLimit: 0,
                    
                    completefunc: function (xData, Status)
       {

 var itemCount = $(xData.responseXML).SPFilterNode("rs:data").attr("ItemCount");
  alert(itemCount);       

// 1. Get the raw data from the Sharepoint Web Services API.

var subtasks = $(xData.responseXML).SPFilterNode("z:row"); //This is the list of all subtasks

// 2. Need to break it down into arrays -- one per category
// and 3. Loop thru each subtask to find the most high-severity status per category.

var categories = [];
var highest_severity = 0;

// if (typeof(last_category) !== 'undefined') 
var last_category = 'A2';
for(x=0; x<subtasks.length; x++)

{

var category = subtasks[x].getAttribute('ows_LinkTitle').split(".", 1)[0]; 
//e.g. A3

if(category != last_category){
    categories[last_category.replace('A', '')] = highest_severity;
    last_category = category; // Set up for the new category.
    highest_severity = 0;
}

var subtask_status = subtasks[x].getAttribute('ows_Status'); //e.g. "High Risk"
switch(subtask_status){

        case "High Risk": current_row_severity = 5;
            break;

        case "Moderate Risk": current_row_severity = 4;
            break;

    case "Accepted Risk": current_row_severity = 3;
            break;

        case "On Track": current_row_severity = 2;
            break;

        case "Complete": current_row_severity = 1;
            break;

        default: current_row_severity = 0;
            break;

    };

if(current_row_severity > highest_severity)

    highest_severity = current_row_severity;
} 


    // 4. Color the status box according to the most high-severity status for each.
    var colorArray = ['#EFEFEF', '#E6F2FF', '#C1E1A6', '#FFFFCC', '#FFD9B3', '#EBCFC4'];
for(x=2; x<34; x++) // looping through each of the status boxes, one at a time
{
    var status_box_element = document.getElementById('A' + x);
    var newColor = colorArray[categories[x]];
    status_box_element.style.backgroundColor = newColor;

}   
                       }

       });
</script>