On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 4:30 AM, Dwayne Henderson <its.code.in.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm working on this financial > model<http://leeds-faculty.colorado.edu/moyes/html/documents/FinancialProjectionsModelv6.8.9.xls>for > my upcoming ecommerce business using OpenOffice.org Calc (and the > BASIC > programming language). But as the need for more advanced programming arises > (making the various spreadsheets more dynamic and interconnected, applying > algorithms for analyzing data and forecasts etc.) I can't help but think > that maybe this would all be a lot easier if it was Ruby. > > Is anyone aware of similar financial models made using Ruby, and if so how > are they implemented? Are they simply Ruby wrappers for Calc or Excel, or > maybe Xero, or a dedicated Rails app? >
One approach might be to do the complicated modeling in Ruby and then generate an ODF spreadsheet from it. That then allows the user to view the results in a familiar UI. A quick search shows at least one gem: http://rubygems.org/gems/odf-spreadsheet Regards, -Rob > --Dwayne --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
