Re: Support for the Apache Parquet file format

2019-11-22 Thread Shadi Akiki
> the benefits that this format brings Its column-based format means that its data can be queried without loading the full file. More can be found at [1] I see 2 distinct advantages: 1. Convenience: sometimes I build a programmatic process that spits out a bunch of parquet files, then I que

Re: Support for the Apache Parquet file format

2019-11-22 Thread Kohei Yoshida
On 22.11.2019 02:37, Shadi Akiki wrote: I'm wondering why Parquet is not yet a supported format in LibreOffice Calc (and most desktop worksheet processing tools for that matter). Well, one reason may be that nobody had asked for it yet! On that note, asking about it and raising awareness (wh

Re: Support for the Apache Parquet file format

2019-11-22 Thread julien2412
Hello Shadi, Taking a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Parquet, I don't see much information : - what's the extension file - example of softs support it taking a look at Excel open dialog, I don't see Parquet format. I wonder why LO should support a seemingly confidential format? Jul

Support for the Apache Parquet file format

2019-11-21 Thread Shadi Akiki
Hello! Is there any work being done to support the Apache Parquet file format? The two data processing tools that I use locally with parquet are: * python pandas [1] [2] for programmatic access * visidata [3] (CLI that uses pandas under the hood) for more "interactive" access I'm wonderin