[Orgmode] Re: Spreadsheet FR
Hi Russell, Russell Adams rlad...@adamsinfoserv.com writes: I adore the text spreadsheet, however there's one feature Excel provides which I don't have in org. I often use Excel for lists, where I can sort or narrow the data by specific criteria from a larger list. Would it be feasible to narrow a table by criteria on a specific field in between separators? Ie: only display those cells in field A if they are 2, or if field B matches Pick Me!. One way to achieve this behavior is by using properties + Eric Schulte's org-collector.el in contrib. You can enter the data in a subtree using properties and columns and then capture a subset of that data in a table using a dynamic block. E.g., given the following subtree... --8---cut here---start-8--- * My shopping list :PROPERTIES: :COLUMNS: %40ITEM %10AMOUNT %10TYPE :ID: 41101c80-85b9-4af6-8138-8ad460a2949e :END: ** Bananas :PROPERTIES: :AMOUNT: 2.65 :TYPE: fruit :END: ** Cheese :PROPERTIES: :AMOUNT: 4.54 :TYPE: dairy :END: ** Flour :PROPERTIES: :AMOUNT: 3.00 :TYPE: grain :END: ** Dish soap :PROPERTIES: :AMOUNT: 1.29 :TYPE: kitchen :END: ** Lettuce :PROPERTIES: :AMOUNT: 1.80 :TYPE: vegetable :END: ** Carrots :PROPERTIES: :AMOUNT: 2.56 :TYPE: vegetable :END: ** Milk :PROPERTIES: :AMOUNT: 3.25 :TYPE: dairy :END: --8---cut here---end---8--- ...you can use org-collector to capture a subset of data as follows... --8---cut here---start-8--- * Data #+begin: propview :id 41101c80-85b9-4af6-8138-8ad460a2949e :conds ((string= TYPE vegetable)) :cols (ITEM AMOUNT TYPE) | ITEM| AMOUNT | TYPE | |---+--+-| | Lettuce | 1.8 | vegetable | | Carrots | 2.56 | vegetable | |---+--+-| | | 4.36 | | #+TBLFM: $LR2=vsum(@i+...@ii-1) #+end --8---cut here---end---8--- Change the conditions to match dairy items greater than 4 and you get the following: --8---cut here---start-8--- * Data #+begin: propview :id 41101c80-85b9-4af6-8138-8ad460a2949e :conds ((and (string= TYPE dairy) ( AMOUNT 4))) :cols (ITEM AMOUNT TYPE) | ITEM | AMOUNT | TYPE | |--+--+-| | Cheese | 4.54 | dairy | |--+--+-| | | 4.54 | | #+TBLFM: $LR2=vsum(@i+...@ii-1) #+end --8---cut here---end---8--- Best, Matt ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Spreadsheet FR
Dan Davison davi...@stats.ox.ac.uk writes: Hi Russell, Carsten Dominik carsten.domi...@gmail.com writes: On Apr 1, 2010, at 11:46 PM, Russell Adams wrote: Fellow Org'ers, I adore the text spreadsheet, however there's one feature Excel provides which I don't have in org. I often use Excel for lists, where I can sort or narrow the data by specific criteria from a larger list. Would it be feasible to narrow a table by criteria on a specific field in between separators? Ie: only display those cells in field A if they are 2, or if field B matches Pick Me!. How about keeping a master table containing all the information, and then generating narrowed views as separate tables? The babel way to do this would be to have a block function filter-table (provided below) and then call it where needed: This is fantastic. Thanks, Dan! - Matt ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
