On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Alan Gauld via Tutor <tutor@python.org> wrote:
> On 08/07/16 14:22, Bruce Dykes wrote: > > > with it is writing the list of dictionaries to a .csv file, and to date, > > we've been able to get by doing some basic analysis by simply using grep > > and wc, but I need to do more with it now. > > I'm a big fan of using the right tool for the job. > If you got your data in CSV have you considered using a > spreadsheet to read the data and analyse it? They have lots > of formulae and stats functions built in and can do really > cool graphs etc and can read csv files natively. > > Python might be a better tool if you want regular identical reports, say > on a daily basis, but for ad-hoc analysis, or at least till you know > exactly what you need, Excel or Calc are possibly better tools. > > > We can and have used spreadsheets for small ad-hoc things, but no, we need two things, first, as noted, a daily report with various basic analyses, mainly totals, and percentages, and second, possibly, some near-current alarm checks, depending. That's less important, actually, but it might be a nice convenience. In the first instance, we want the reports to be accessed and displayed as web pages. Now, likewise, I'm sure there's a CMS that might make semi-quick work of this as well, but really, all I need to do is to display some web pages and run some cgi scripts. bkd _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
