From: "darcamo@gmail.com" <darcamo@gmail.com>
To: Tim Burt <tcburt@rochester.rr.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Gather properties for use by babel source block?
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 11:00:06 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGjSdXqd-6zP31gTpdm2-LnD=8m6a70atnX3D+VdVgcz9yG00A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3k4av4b98.fsf@fluorine.burtket>
I have not used it myself, but isn't org-collector exactly what you want [1].
"org-collector collects headline properties into tables with optional
pre-processing"
Once you have a table, you can easily pass it to code blocks for further
processing with org-babel.
[1] - http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-collector.html
--
Darlan
2011/8/2 Tim Burt <tcburt@rochester.rr.com>:
>
> I want to gather data from properties into something that can be used by
> a babel source block (e.g. plot the data). Searches in the manual,
> worg, and gmane have not yielded the method, but my best guess is that
> I've missed it. If so, this is simply a request for a pointer to the
> documentation I should read.
>
> BACKGROUND: I'm trying to complete a workflow where I capture data over
> time and periodically operate with it (e.g. put into a database and
> plot). The excellent documentation for orgmode has made certain parts
> easy going, but the current obstacle is extracting properties that can
> subsequently be operated on in babel source blocks.
> + [X] Capture data into properties using templates
> + [X] View tables of properties in org file
> * [X] use columnview dynamic block
> * [X] use org-collector
> + [ ] Gather properties for use by babel source block
> + [-] Operate on the gathered properties
> * [-] SQL or SQLite
> - [X] follow simple tutorials for proof of principle
> - [ ] populate database with gathered properties
> * [-] R
> - [X] follow simple tutorials
> - [ ] calculate statistics and populate database
> - [ ] plot from database
> - [ ] plot from table in org file
>
> Good evening,
> Tim
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-03 14:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-02 23:57 Gather properties for use by babel source block? Tim Burt
2011-08-03 14:00 ` darcamo [this message]
2011-08-03 14:35 ` tcburt
2011-08-03 15:53 ` suvayu ali
2012-05-07 15:52 ` Colin Hall
2012-05-07 14:16 ` Eric Schulte
2012-05-07 21:30 ` Colin Hall
2012-05-08 10:42 ` Tim Burt
2012-05-09 19:30 ` Colin Hall
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