Regarding Proposal

[jigar raisinghani]

Hi Jaroslaw,
                    Yes,Thats what code for Pivot Tables in Sheets would
not be the same as that in Kexi. I would go through Kexi's Code and then
surely try to give this challenge a shot once i am done with Pivot Tables
in Sheets :)

Cheers
Jigar Raisinghani

On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org> wrote:

> On 16 March 2012 09:46, jigar raisinghani <jigarraisinghani at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi
> >        I am extremely sorry for confusing the developer community
> because of
> > the word "PROJECT". What i meant in my past mail by the words "NOT MY
> ACTUAL
> > GSOC PROPOSAL" was that this is not the idea/Project which i would like
> to
> > pursue under GSOC 2012. I am currently working on implementing PIVOT
> TABLES
> > in Calligra Sheets which i would like to take up under GSOC 2012. I am in
> > touch with Marijn Kruisselbrink regarding PIVOT TABLES and i have
> requested
> > him to mentor me for the same. I guess the need for Pivot Tables is more
> > than extending  "Shapes"(what i had proposed). Moreover i love the
> concept
> > of Pivot Tables, so i have been constantly reading about Pivot Tables as
> to
> > what all functionalities should be included and how they would be
> > implemented in Sheets by going through the Calligra Sheets Source Code. I
> > have gone through the previous & sample GSOC proposals and i do realize
> the
> > importance of timeline. I promise to have a proper timeline for PIVOT
> > TABLES' proposal. I have been working on my proposal to make it the best
> > possible.
> >
> > Note, this does not mean that i am not very serious about my proposal
> > regarding Words and Sheets. I would surely give my best efforts to make
> it
> > possible. The only reason why i did not come up with a timeline was
> because
> > i was not very sure of how much time i would be left with because i am
> > working on PIVOT TABLES. I am pretty passionate about getting PIVOT
> TABLES
> > implemented first and also there is a need for it.  If time permits
> during
> > GSOC, i would also been keen to implement this idea but in the worst
> case, i
> > would be ALL FOR IT after GSOC. I am currently pursuing my BTech and
> would
> > be busy till April. But we have a 3 months long summer break starting
> from
> > May1 and as i would be in my final year(next semester) i would be
> relatively
> > very free. So i would be able to devote my time towards getting proposal
> > regarding Sheets and Tables materialize. I promise to come up with
> > implementation details for the same before i start working on it. As of
> now
> > and for GSOC, i would like to concentrate on PIVOT TABLES.
> >
> > The reason why i sent across my proposal was to get a review as to does a
> > need exist for the same and if possible get a better alternative or
> method
> > of implementing the idea. The purpose was to get a clear target as to
> what
> > needs to be achieved. I guess sending it out got to me many(better) ideas
> > regarding the same.
> >
> > Jaroslaw, i like the challenge. i remember doing somewhat(not very sure)
> > similar stuff in one of my projects using JAVA. It basically involved
> > fetching data from POSTGRE server using JDBC(Java DataBase Connectivity)
> and
> > represent the data using JTables. Well i would surely try to figure a way
> > out as to how could it be done in Calligra.
>
> Jigar,
> Cool, that's normal - many ideas, food for thought :_)
>
> To add even more spice here - pivot tables for database apps (Kexi)
> are really appealing (but I think reuse of Sheets pivot tables would
> be rather limited because of different data models and requirements -
> spreadsheets usually have all the data in memory already). Another
> challenge :)
>
> --
> regards / pozdrawiam, Jaroslaw Staniek
>  http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek
>  Kexi & Calligra (kexi-project.org, identi.ca/kexi, calligra-suite.org)
>  KDE Software Development Platform on MS Windows (windows.kde.org)
>
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