Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Fwd: Re: Base graphics/visualization

Alex,

Thank you so much for the info!  I have not spent much time on this, so
I'm guessing that the plan (for me) is to use LO Base, then use one of
these products to create the reports?  These report generators require
either an ODBC or JDBC driver, so I'm hoping that Base has one or the
other.  I did some Googling and it is not clear to me that it does.  So,
does that mean that I should be focusing on PostgreSQL or MariaDB for
example?

Thanks,
Dave

On Mon, Jun 23, 2014, at 09:11 AM, Alex Thurgood wrote:
> Le 23/06/2014 04:53, dave boland a écrit :
>
>
> Hi Dave,
>
>
> > So, I'm back to where we started.  I have ver. 4.1.3.2, and I know
> > there is a new version in the works for later July.  Will I be able to
> > use the report facility to build charts based on the data form the
> > query?  If so, how?
>
> Forget using Base/Calc to build complex charts from your data, unless
> you have some serious time and coding skills to hand to be able to drive
> all of this via scripts and one of LO's UNO interfaces (Python, Basic,
> JS, Beanshell, etc).
>
>
> Look for another reporting solution that integrates chart handling in a
> (seemingly) more reliable way :
>
> JReport (very similar to what appears to be available in Base, but
> organised in a better way, IMHO :
>
> http://www.jinfonet.com/manualpro/tutorial/index.htm
>
>
> Pentaho Business Reports (this is the superset of tools to JFreeReport,
> the reporting tool used by LO Base)
>
> http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/Reporting/Pentaho+Reporting+-+User+Guide+for+Report+Designer
>
>
> iReport / JasperReports
> http://sourceforge.net/p/ireport/wiki/Home/
>
> http://community.jaspersoft.com/wiki/ireport-designer-getting-started
>
>
> The latter enables you to export your report to a multitude of formats,
> including ODF, and PDF.
>
>
>
> Alex
>
>
>
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