On 12/04/2017 08:21, Geert Janssens wrote: > On woensdag 12 april 2017 09:55:20 CEST Pedro Albuquerque wrote: >> This is probably off topic and I haven't had the time to even try, but I >> intend to do so when on vacations. >> > I'm certainly interested in the result of such an experiment. > >> Gnucash uses XML for data keeping. Maybe we can use Jasper Reports to >> enhance GnuCash capabilities. > > Perhaps. I agree html is not necessarily the best option and I'm interested > in > alternatives. > > A few remarks and questions that pop up immediately: > > 1. In the longer term we expect gnucash to exclusively use sql for data > storage, reducing the role of xml to an import/export format. I don't know if > Jasper Reports also works with sql. > > 2. How easy or hard would it be for ordinary users to create totally new > reports ? In our current implementation basic knowledge of the scheme > programming language is required. This is a high barrier for most users and I > would want any alternative to make this easier. > > 3. How deep can it integrat in gnucash ? For example current reports can have > links that allow users to jump to a register, an invoice, another report,... > > 4. How well does it do graphs (dynamic sizing, interaction like displaying > details when hovering a part,...) > > 5. What's needed for printing/exporting ?
If you search the list archives Gregory Gincley has / had some Jasper reports that worked with GnuCash. I tried them out and they worked but weren't the sort of thing I kept up with. I'd be very surprised if most users would want the overhead. -- Wm _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
