Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base and new Report Builder in 3.5

 Andreas ,
> Am 11.03.2012 19:48, tops wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have been using OO and LibreOffice prior to 3.5 with Base and 
> > Reports. Now the Reports in 3.5 can not be used any further, instead 
> > I had to try (despair) and create new Reports using the Oracle 
> > Reports Tool. IMHO this is a major leap backwards… It is very, very 
> > slow on my Mac (2.13 GHz Core2Duo), it does somehow not save my new 
> > generates Reports. If I choose the Table Model it will write the 
> > Column Heading repeatedly (I did not find a way to prevent this) on 
> > each Row. To Adjust the Columns and Rows is REALLY Painful. It is no 
> > longer possible to use Fields i.e. Page Numbers. Despite setting the 
> > Format to A4 Landscape the GUI will limit placing Labels further than 
> > 200mm of a Portrait A4 Page.
>
>
> I prefer Calc as a simplified report engine. It supports more math 
> functions than anything else. It provides the "natural" surrounding 
> for charts. It supports dynamically linked, (conditionally) 
> formattable import ranges, pivot tables, secondary filters and sort 
> orders. It is the only report format which can be loaded from any form 
> with a click on a simple hyperlink. All you have to take care of is 
> the proper page layout.
> [Tutorial] Using registered datasources in Calc:
> > http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=18511
We came to the same conclusion: use Calc for reporting.
We recently solved to export resultsets to calc (doimport) thanks to 
Villeroy :-)
It would be handy  to see some examples of how you make reports with 
calc. We have questions on how to Make headers , footers and grouping 
somes results ?

Greetz

Fernand




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