Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base and new Report Builder in 3.5

On 3/12/2012 10:21 AM, Andreas Säger wrote:
> I prefer Calc as a simplified report engine. It supports more math
> functions than anything else. It provides the "natural" surrounding
> for charts. It supports dynamically linked, (conditionally)
> formattable import ranges, pivot tables, secondary filters and sort
> orders. It is the only report format which can be loaded from any form
> with a click on a simple hyperlink.

HOWEVER . . . Calc is also broken in 3.5, in that you cannot filter any
data from external sources, so it makes it virtually impossible to run
reports in Calc in 3.5.

-- 
Steven Shelton
Deputy Undersecretary for Made-up Titles


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