[libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

> Dan,
> Wow! That worked fine. Thanks.
> However, I had to copy and paste the database data from the Data Source
> window into the Calc spreadsheet. Is there a way to dynamically get the
> current data to the spreadsheet so I don't have to cut and paste every
> time I have new data?
> If so, it would be a lot less error-prone (and easier). However, I can
> see that not being able to do so, is not a show-stopper for using Calc
> to do my reports.
> Note that the data copy, although it took a little time, was *much*
> faster than Report Builder! :-)
> I am going to have to play with this some more...
> Thanks very much.
> Girvin

-- When you drag the query icon from the left pane of the data source 
window onto a Calc cell you will get a semi-automatic link. Call 
menu:Data>Refresh to refresh the link.
-- When you drag selected row selectors you get a copy of selected rows. 
The top-left corner of a row set selects all rows. Same with queries, 
views and tables opened from some database window.
-- Dragging a query icon from the database window creates a refreshable 
link as well but the link breaks when the connection closes. Bug or not 
bug? Who cares?
-- From a form you can copy from the additional grid view. Hit the last 
button on the navigation tool bar.

The linked data range resizes dynamically with every refresh.
Any formula cells directly adjacent to the import range will expand and 
shrink with the resized data range. So the clearly defined row sets of a 
database enable dynamically resizing formula ranges. A feature that does 
not exist with a pure spreadsheet. Tons of silly macro code have been 
written for this.

Its properties are accessible via menu:Data>Define...
Below [More Options] we have 4 widely unknown options:
1) Contains column labels (always true for database imports)
2) Keep formatting: spreadsheet formatting overrides any Base 
formatting. Should be true by default.
3) Insert/remove cells: Do not overwrite/clear cells when the database 
range expands/shrinks. Should be true by default, particularly with 
resizing formula ranges.
4) Don't save imported data. Useful with very large row sets and when 
you want to refresh on open. Prompts for refresh when opening the file.


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