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[Joël Grand-Guillaume <joel.grandguillaume@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Simone,


It's true it's a bit difficult to dive into this module with "just" a first look :) ! But with some explanation, it became very clear ;) 

The result of all "list" or "tree" report will just look like simple table, with different lines and levels, header will be grayed. Basically, you build a dict with values for each lines and columns, and the report engine do the rest (page numbering, report of header, cut too long sentences, indent etc...).

The result of Gantt report is also very good but, doesn't work anymore for this removing of function from Tiny (ARGGGH !). You have barre of different size and colors representing "duration" data (like tasks), a scalable timeline in the X axe (like year, month and so), and on the right you give the "tree" structure (like project, or analytical account).

It's true you need to "compile" the code and restart the server when you change something. But as I say, this reporting system is mainly  design to

- Render listing with hard computation easily, without caring about RML stuff and things.
- Render tree structure easily
- Handle Gantt chart printing

In those cases, you should probably restart the server also with RML report, because of all treatment you need.

In case you're interested a bit more, feel free to ask..

Regards,


Joël
	
Le 9 déc. 2009 à 09:48, Simone Orsi a écrit :

> Hi Joël,
> 
> I never tested this module but I just skimmed quickly trough the code
> and it seems to me as powerful as unusable for human beings :D
> 
> Jokes apart, how do you know what the result will be like?
> 
> You have to compile the report every time you change it... or not?
> 
> And, since it is a "python-report" you have to restart the server every
> time, isn't it?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> Joël Grand-Guillaume wrote:
>> Hi all !
>> 
>> 
>> I'm really enthusiastic with all this new place to share our idea and make this project better !
>> 
>> I contribute to the list of the reporting system for OpenERP, and I completely agree we need more than one system.
>> 
>> OpenOffice is perfect (or will be perfect : I agree with both Raphaël & Sharoon suggestions) for simple report case, 
>> but when it became more complicated, then it's not enough. 
>> It become heavy to make the treatments before rendering the report. They also are quite slow,
>> Ok, not a huge trouble until you overpass the client delay :( ! I experienced it my-self with financial reporting which 
>> could be very long !!
>> 
>> We, at Camptocamp, develop our own engine based on ReportLab Library directly. You can find it into the module:
>> 
>> c2c_reporting_tools
>> 
>> This system is designed to print 3 kinds of reports really easily :
>> 
>> - Lists (with page break, page number, header splitting, etc..)
>> - OpenERP "tree" structure (with nice indentation and so)
>> - Gantt chart with different scale and colors (this last one break till Tiny remove the "remove parent node" function, we still need to fix it :(
>> 
>> It's clearly a reporting system for developer, which allow you to code your report with python code only :) ! 
>> You say, add column, add line and so...
>> 
>> Characteristics :
>> 
>> - Fast report coding, specially adapted for OpenERP type of object (list, tree, parent, child, etc...)
>> - Fast rendering
>> - Output pdf
>> - Only python code for report generation
>> - Easy to maintain (no need to look into both python and RML stuff)
>> - Depend on ReportLab
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> 
>> Joël
> 
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