Re: [libreoffice-users] Creating LibreOffice Calc document from XML (or some other file?)

On 11/03/2013 09:16 PM, Regina Henschel wrote:
> > I need to create several daily reports on some processes I'm overseeing,
> > and entering all that data into the Calc spreadsheet is cumbersome - the
> > report resembles of a tax-return/invoice sheet, where various fields
> > need to be populated - and I'm looking for a way to automate this.
>
> In which form do you get the data? Perhaps there is nothing like XML
> needed, but you can import the data directly.

Well, since I'm getting the data, I can put them in anything I like,
more or less. I just think I remember seeing the XML, that's why I
mentioned it...

> Do you want to write macros for Calc or do you want to use another
> application that manipulates the .ods file source?

I don't know :) Actually, anything that gets the job done.
If I remember correctly that blog post, author was not mentioning a
separate application, nor modifying the .ods source. But I really do not
remember at this time, that's why I'm asking for a suggestion.

The reason I can't use CSV is because the report is funky-formated -
parts of it can be CVSed, but most of the document can not.

        Mario


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