RE: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-28 Thread Vincent . Dodd
I would like to try the routines. Thanks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nancy E. Anthracite Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 3:57 AM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-28 Thread Nancy E. Anthracite
Some of the documentation links are dead so I sent an email asking about it. Also, I have RPMS software from a FOIA request from about a year ago, so I may be able to find the routines if someone, like Kevin, wants to try it. On Thursday 27 January 2005 02:12 am, Floyd Dennis wrote: > On 1/26

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-28 Thread Greg Kreis
Title: Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman? How do the clinical users take to it, Floyd?  Since it was developed by a Dr., I wondered if it felt more natural to them to use. Floyd Dennis wrote: On 1/26/05 9:05 PM, "Greg Kreis" <[EMAIL PROT

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-27 Thread James Gray
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 9:05 PM Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman? I wonder what happened to Qman, the search engine that IHS had for FM?Kevin Toppenberg wrote: Jim,   First, it needs to be intuitive.  I think that Google

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-27 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
I am putting this on my "someday" list. What I would really like so for someone else to put a better search engine (front end) into fileman for an official release. But then again, I'm not sure why we're not installing and distributing VPE with WorldVistA. Kevin --- "Nancy E. Anthracite" <[EMAI

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-26 Thread Floyd Dennis
Title: Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman? On 1/26/05 9:05 PM, "Greg Kreis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I wonder what happened to Qman, the search engine that IHS had for FM? Q-Man is still alive and well.  Docs are available at:  http://www.

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-26 Thread Greg Kreis
I wonder what happened to Qman, the search engine that IHS had for FM? Kevin Toppenberg wrote: Jim,   First, it needs to be intuitive.  I think that Google has done a very good job of this.  I like how they have basic searches and then Advanced searches.   So maybe to search in file

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-26 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
Jim,   First, it needs to be intuitive.  I think that Google has done a very good job of this.  I like how they have basic searches and then Advanced searches.   So maybe to search in file NEW PERSON for patients with DOB before 1/1/1950 after 1/1/1980, you could have something like this:   Basic s

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-26 Thread Nancy E. Anthracite
Speaking of searching, at the Greenbelt meeting prior to this one I remember George Timson had something to search all of the fields to find things - not the contents of them but the field names. As an example, where is the shoe size recorded? If that tool is available somewhere, I would like

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-26 Thread Jim Self
Kevin wrote: >Jim, > >On my "someday" list, I am going to put a task to get >this search interface spruced up. Providing a better search interface is on my project list also. This search module is quite functional once you learn how to use it, but it appears to have changed very little since i

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-24 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
Jim, On my "someday" list, I am going to put a task to get this search interface spruced up. I think I would like to explore the M2Web now. I spent some time going through your web page http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/us/jaself But couldn't find a link re where to get the code. I'm probably overloo

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-24 Thread Jim Self
Kevin wrote: > -B- SEARCH FOR PATIENT FIELD: sex > -B- CONDITION: cONTAINS > -B- CONTAINS: M > [ Will match 'MALE', and 'FEMALE' ] The operator "CONTAINS" does not appear to be appropriate here. If you want to get "MALE" but not "FEMALE", you must use "EQUALS" instead. The operator "CO

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-23 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
What would it take for the OpenSource community (us) to extend this functionality? All that would have to be done would be to take a more "normal" search input and convert it to DNF. The question would then be if the current code could be called by an outside program (i.e. an API type interface)

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-23 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
t; > > > > > > > > > > > IF: A&B > > > > > > OR: A&C > > > > > > > > > > > > Cameron Schlehuber wrote: > > > > > > >You've defined "A" and "B"

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-23 Thread Greg Woodhouse
One more comment: Fileman searches compare very nicely with SQL select statements, even giving you the opportunity to form outer joins. It is a very powerful feature. --- Greg Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For the record, I agree with you that it should not be necessary for > users to br

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-23 Thread Greg Woodhouse
For the record, I agree with you that it should not be necessary for users to break up Boolean expressions like this. (Then again, I don't think MUMPS expresssions should be evaluated in strict left to right order, either.) --- Greg Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No. > > Like many other

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-23 Thread Greg Woodhouse
No. Like many other things in both MUMPS and VistA, I think this is another example of trying to make life easier for the implementer. In practice, I do not find it especially difficult to express my searches this way (and don't think it's any more confusing than SQL, actually), but if you think a

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-23 Thread Nancy E. Anthracite
gt; Cameron Schlehuber wrote: > > > > > >You've defined "A" and "B", at the IF: prompt > > > > > > > > > > simply enter A&B or A!B, etc. > > > > > > > > > > >-Original Message- > > &

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-23 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
quot; and "B", at the IF: prompt > > > > simply enter A&B or A!B, etc. > > > > > > > > > >-Original Message- > > > > >From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-22 Thread Greg Kreis
On Behalf Of Kevin Toppenberg Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:31 AM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman? Jim (and everyone else

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-22 Thread Greg Woodhouse
t > > > simply enter A&B or A!B, etc. > > > > > > > >-Original Message----- > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Behalf Of Kevin > > > >

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-22 Thread whitten
sage- > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Kevin > > >Toppenberg > > >Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:31 AM > > >To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > >Subject: Re: [Hardhats-membe

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-22 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
age- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Kevin > >Toppenberg > >Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:31 AM > >To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > >Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom > r

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-22 Thread Greg Kreis
he IF: prompt simply enter A&B or A!B, etc. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Kevin Toppenberg Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:31 AM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports w

RE: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-20 Thread Cameron Schlehuber
ixed. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Toppenberg Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 9:00 AM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman? Cameron, OK. How would everyo

RE: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-20 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
e defined "A" and "B", at the IF: prompt simply > enter A&B or A!B, etc. > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Kevin > Toppenberg > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:31 AM > To: hard

RE: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-20 Thread Cameron Schlehuber
ubject: Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman? Jim (and everyone else, too), replies below: --- Jim Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin wrote: > >Hey All, > > > >It seems to me that Fileman is missing a report > >generator. Perhaps

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-20 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
Jim (and everyone else, too), replies below: --- Jim Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin wrote: > >Hey All, > > > >It seems to me that Fileman is missing a report > >generator. Perhaps I am just overlooking it. > > You overlooked it. > The Search and Print options from the > roll-and-scroll

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-19 Thread Jim Self
Kevin wrote: >Hey All, > >It seems to me that Fileman is missing a report >generator. Perhaps I am just overlooking it. You overlooked it. The Search and Print options from the roll-and-scroll interface give you quite powerful reporting capabilities. If you augment Fileman with M2Web, then you

Re: [Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-19 Thread Greg Woodhouse
Take a look at the documentation for the print option. Fileman provides quite a but in terms of custom formatting (and searching, which is Fileman-speak for selecting which records to print). A report may be saved as a sort and/or print template. -

[Hardhats-members] How to make custom reports with Fileman?

2005-01-19 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
Hey All, It seems to me that Fileman is missing a report generator. Perhaps I am just overlooking it. A database should be able to easily allow the user to say: --Give me all reports --Of the following date --With field .12345=Value When I have written before about during searches on multiple f