Re: Gather properties for use by babel source block?

[<tcburt@rochester.rr.com>]

Hello Darlan ---

---- "darcamo@gmail.com" <darcamo@gmail.com> wrote: 
> 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"

Indeed org-collector has allowed me to extract properties into a table, and even without much knowledge of lisp (for the conditions) the results were promising.

> Once you have a table, you can easily pass it to code blocks for further
> processing with org-babel.

While I have the table from org-collector I do not know how to "easily pass it to code blocks".  I have an (untested) idea that if #+tblname preceded the table from org-collector, then a babel source block could operate on it.  If this works then almost all is well and good, except for the small detail of getting the #+tblname automatically from the org-collector process. 

Thank you for the response,
Tim
> 
> [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
> >
> >