Has anyone thought of adding some graphics to koha reports? We've been playing (*) with Google Visualization API for creating charts. It has some limitations due to its EULA (cannot be used offline) but jqPlotcould be used instead (http://www.jqplot.com or plotkit). Also, making result tables sortable would be straight-forward using 'tablesorter' (http://plugins.jquery.com/project/tablesorter). I can help with this if someone tells me the proper way of doing it (do I post patches to bugs.koha.org? email them to someone?). Thanks To+ (*) I work for Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina) in its Koha deployment in its 24 libraries. -- Aparición con vida de Jorge Julio López.
Has anyone thought of adding some graphics to koha reports? We've been playing (*) with Google Visualization API for creating charts. It has some limitations due to its EULA (cannot be used offline) but jqPlotcould be used instead (http://www.jqplot.com or plotkit).
I've played around a little with the Google API myself, but I suspect many folks would be suspicious of using Google. I haven't looked at jqPlotcloud before.
Also, making result tables sortable would be straight-forward using 'tablesorter' (http://plugins.jquery.com/project/tablesorter).
We already use the tablesorter plugin in many places, so it's available in the default Koha installation. It's not included by default in the standard set of JavaScript includes, though, so if you want to include it on a particular page you have to add it to that template. Be careful, though: for large tables the tablesorter plugin can be a resource hog, locking up your browser as the plugin tries to parse all that data. If you're looking into it, see what options there are for triggering the sort not on page load but on request, and giving UI feedback for the process.
I can help with this if someone tells me the proper way of doing it (do I post patches to bugs.koha.org? email them to someone?).
If you see a place where you'd like to make an enhancement, file a bug report. Then when you submit a patch to patches@koha.org, also attach a copy of the patch to the bug report. -- Owen -- Web Developer Athens County Public Libraries http://www.myacpl.org
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