Olsen

A simple reporter.

Overview

Olsen is a framework that wraps the Sadie gem and provides a facility for producing reports which make use of data managed in a Sadie-style primer chassis.

Usage

  1. create/choose a directory to put the olsen framework in (or use /var/olsen, the default…ensure writable)

  2. call olsen -init [ -framework-dir /my/dir ]

  3. define jobs in jobs folder and filters, outputs, and inbound data primers in primers folder

  4. call olsen -process <job>

  5. find output product in output folder

  6. Rejoice!

Todo

  • enable a ‘olsen -init -with-examples’ that will create a functioning olsen framework with example ini files, sqlite databases and queries, pdf outputs, formatting filters, etc.

  • provide docs on job and pdf ini-file format