From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "darcamo@gmail.com" Subject: Re: Gather properties for use by babel source block? Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 11:00:06 -0300 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:38821) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qobzp-0000XV-KN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:00:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qobzo-0004p0-Hp for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:00:29 -0400 Received: from mail-ww0-f49.google.com ([74.125.82.49]:47836) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qobzo-0004ou-89 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:00:28 -0400 Received: by wwf22 with SMTP id 22so670887wwf.30 for ; Wed, 03 Aug 2011 07:00:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Tim Burt Cc: emacs-orgmode 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 : > > I want to gather data from properties into something that can be used by > a babel source block (e.g. plot the data). =A0Searches in the manual, > worg, and gmane have not yielded the method, but my best guess is that > I've missed it. =A0If 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). =A0The 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. > =A0+ [X] Capture data into properties using templates > =A0+ [X] View tables of properties in org file > =A0 * [X] use columnview dynamic block > =A0 * [X] use org-collector > =A0+ [ ] Gather properties for use by babel source block > =A0+ [-] Operate on the gathered properties > =A0 * [-] SQL or SQLite > =A0 =A0 - [X] follow simple tutorials for proof of principle > =A0 =A0 - [ ] populate database with gathered properties > =A0 * [-] R > =A0 =A0 - [X] follow simple tutorials > =A0 =A0 - [ ] calculate statistics and populate database > =A0 =A0 - [ ] plot from database > =A0 =A0 - [ ] plot from table in org file > > Good evening, > Tim > >