Comments on: Searching for a electronic document / data / business intelligence tool http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/01/16/searching-for-a-electronic-document-data-business-intelligence-tool/ games, tech, web, stuff, biz, and bilge Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:19:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: no one here by that name http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/01/16/searching-for-a-electronic-document-data-business-intelligence-tool/#comment-722 no one here by that name Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:11:19 +0000 http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/01/16/searching-for-a-electronic-document-data-business-intelligence-tool/#comment-722 episurveyor by datadyne is foss for collecting survey data on Palm (mostly) PDAs - there is a pc based design tool - pretty nice stuff - simple though episurveyor by datadyne is foss for collecting survey data on Palm (mostly) PDAs - there is a pc based design tool - pretty nice stuff - simple though

]]> By: a random John http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/01/16/searching-for-a-electronic-document-data-business-intelligence-tool/#comment-707 a random John Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:44:59 +0000 http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/01/16/searching-for-a-electronic-document-data-business-intelligence-tool/#comment-707 Alexei, It is not currently available to the public. We put it together at the start of our current project and it struck me that the customer wasn't really getting how powerful it was so we've shelved it a bit in order to focus other stuff for them. As a result we haven't had a chance to polish it up and open source it. There are other similar products out there (easily googled) that have been released. Some of the academic ones are open source but don't seem to do everything that ours does. Alexei,

It is not currently available to the public. We put it together at the start of our current project and it struck me that the customer wasn’t really getting how powerful it was so we’ve shelved it a bit in order to focus other stuff for them. As a result we haven’t had a chance to polish it up and open source it. There are other similar products out there (easily googled) that have been released. Some of the academic ones are open source but don’t seem to do everything that ours does.

]]> By: Alexei http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/01/16/searching-for-a-electronic-document-data-business-intelligence-tool/#comment-706 Alexei Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:26:06 +0000 http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/01/16/searching-for-a-electronic-document-data-business-intelligence-tool/#comment-706 Hey Random John, Is the treemap code you're talking about up for grab? I'm looking for something like this for my internal project (ebook collection management). Hey Random John,

Is the treemap code you’re talking about up for grab? I’m looking for something like this for my internal project (ebook collection management).

]]> By: Paddy3118 http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/01/16/searching-for-a-electronic-document-data-business-intelligence-tool/#comment-704 Paddy3118 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:52:29 +0000 http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/01/16/searching-for-a-electronic-document-data-business-intelligence-tool/#comment-704 Staroffice/OO Calc will connect to databases (which could be as simple as using a CSV file as a DB), and allows report generation/form creation etc. - Paddy. Staroffice/OO Calc will connect to databases (which could be as simple as using a CSV file as a DB), and allows report generation/form creation etc.

- Paddy.

]]> By: JohnMc http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/01/16/searching-for-a-electronic-document-data-business-intelligence-tool/#comment-702 JohnMc Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:36:00 +0000 http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/01/16/searching-for-a-electronic-document-data-business-intelligence-tool/#comment-702 Well 2 questions -- How big will the data store be? is the data highly structured? If the data requirements are really light I have had some decent return on effort using PmWiki and Zap. Its a wiki, but its free wheeling ways can be an asset. The other alternative I have used is XML/XQuery/XSLT and tools like 4Suite. Downside is you have to write your own presentation layer and interface logic. Narval might be another alternative. But I have only read the docs and have not pressed it into service yet. Well 2 questions — How big will the data store be? is the data highly structured?

If the data requirements are really light I have had some decent return on effort using PmWiki and Zap. Its a wiki, but its free wheeling ways can be an asset.

The other alternative I have used is XML/XQuery/XSLT and tools like 4Suite. Downside is you have to write your own presentation layer and interface logic.

Narval might be another alternative. But I have only read the docs and have not pressed it into service yet.

]]> By: a random John http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/01/16/searching-for-a-electronic-document-data-business-intelligence-tool/#comment-701 a random John Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:55:25 +0000 http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/01/16/searching-for-a-electronic-document-data-business-intelligence-tool/#comment-701 Oh, I meant comma separated value files, so the data could be kept in an OO.o spreadsheet (or Excel) and exported as a csv. Technically I think we have a preference for pipes as the delimeter. In any case we allow you to apply an arbitrary hierarchy to the data so you can arrange it in various ways and then size and color it by any of the measures. Oh, I meant comma separated value files, so the data could be kept in an OO.o spreadsheet (or Excel) and exported as a csv. Technically I think we have a preference for pipes as the delimeter.

In any case we allow you to apply an arbitrary hierarchy to the data so you can arrange it in various ways and then size and color it by any of the measures.

]]> By: philhassey http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/01/16/searching-for-a-electronic-document-data-business-intelligence-tool/#comment-700 philhassey Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:23:19 +0000 http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/01/16/searching-for-a-electronic-document-data-business-intelligence-tool/#comment-700 John - interesting. I've considered using a repository for storage before .. might have to reconsider it again, especially with stuff like bzr out now.. John - interesting. I’ve considered using a repository for storage before .. might have to reconsider it again, especially with stuff like bzr out now..

]]> By: a random John http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/01/16/searching-for-a-electronic-document-data-business-intelligence-tool/#comment-699 a random John Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:20:51 +0000 http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/01/16/searching-for-a-electronic-document-data-business-intelligence-tool/#comment-699 I have a lovely treemap browser that reads CSV files and makes very pretty nested/zoomable treemaps. But it won't help you collect the data. If you grab me at PyCon I can show it to you. I have a lovely treemap browser that reads CSV files and makes very pretty nested/zoomable treemaps. But it won’t help you collect the data. If you grab me at PyCon I can show it to you.

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