Provide a check for undefined prop.data
and then render the component because it is possible that the props initially don’t provide the data but is available in the second render. That should solve your problem
class App extends React.Component {
render() {
var data = [
{"transid":3426,"acct":"acct1","category":"Auto"},
{"transid":3427,"acct":"acct2","category":"Subscriptions"}
]
return (
<div ><TransactionManagerView data={data}/></div>
)
}
}
const TransactionManagerView = function(props) {
console.log(props.data);
return (
<ul>
{
props.data && props.data.map(function(el,index) {
return <li key={index}>{el.category}</li>
})
}
</ul>
)
}
ReactDOM.render(<App/>, document.getElementById('app'));
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/0.14.8/react.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/0.14.8/react-dom.min.js"></script>
<div id="app"></div>