Re: Excel import/export help needed?

[Nayan Ambali <na...@gmail.com>]

Hello Nick and Dave,

Happy new year 2017! hope you are going great!

Yes, we do have usable functionalities built using POI around Fineract as
utilities (Data Import Tool) and not as part of Fineract platform.
Data Import Tool (DIT) is being used as migration tool when moving from
legacy system to Fineract platform and some other users use it as bulk data
entry tool on a daily basis.

And there is great demand by the end user to make this tool (DIT) as part
of Fineract core platform instead as yet another tool and recently Nazeer
has documented the requirements for merging the tool into platform and
documents at
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FINERACT/Bulkdata+Import. To
get started with it I request you to read the spec and let us know your
opinion on the approach.

Code for 'data import tool' is present at
https://github.com/openMF/DataImportTool

-
Nayan Ambali








On Fri, 25 Nov 2016 at 16:25 Ed Cable <ed...@mifos.org> wrote:

> HI all,
>
> Nick and Dave, sorry for the delayed reply but we are super-excited to
> engage with you to assist on the current iteration of our data import tool
> which can be accessed from all the links I shared before. It's proven to be
> an incredibly valuable tool and critical part of the deployment process for
> our entire userbase. Nayan, who has been the lead developer behind the
> tool, has been offline, tending to his father, but is coming back online
> this week so let's please organize a call in which we can discuss specifics
> and how you can assist.
>
> Ed
>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 1:06 PM, Myrle Krantz <mk...@mifos.org> wrote:
>
> > Ed, Nayan,
> >
> > As I understand Nick's question it relates to the current generation of
> > Fineract. He and Dave would like to start helping out right away (as
> would
> > many of the people I've talked to today at the ApacheCon). In fact, it's
> > possible that with a clear task for the POI guys they could complete
> > something tomorrow for us.
> >
> > Do you have a concrete ticket for them?
> >
> > Greets,
> > Myrle
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On 17 Nov 2016, at 18:32, Ed Cable <ed...@mifos.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Nick,
> > >
> > > Thanks for reaching out. I will let Myrle respond as it relates to the
> > > plans for getting data to and from Excel for Apache Fineract Version 2,
> > the
> > > new framework architecture, she was presenting on.
> > >
> > > Right now, we do currently have a need for volunteers to assist with
> our
> > > Excel-based data import tool which is in fact based on Apache POI. It
> > > currently is a separate module from the Apache Fineract platform but we
> > do
> > > want to integrate it into the platform and continue to add support for
> > > additional data that can be imported in via Excel.
> > >
> > > You can find the source code at
> https://github.com/openMF/DataImportTool
> > >
> > > The gitter chatroom for the tool is at:
> > > https://gitter.im/openMF/DataImportTool
> > >
> > > Here are the docs on the data import tool:
> > > https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/display/docs/Getting+
> > started+with+-+Data+Import+Tool
> > >
> > > I've also cc'd Nayan, one of our community mentors, who has overseen
> the
> > > previous developers and interns working on it.
> > >
> > > Ed
> > >
> > >> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 9:23 AM, Nick Burch <ni...@apache.org> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hi All
> > >>
> > >> Earlier today, a few of us from Apache POI saw a great talk on
> Fineract
> > by
> > >> Myrle at ApacheCon. Afterwards, we were wondering if there was a way
> we
> > >> could help out a bit during the rest of the event, especially in areas
> > we
> > >> know well.
> > >>
> > >> Getting data to or from Excel files sprang to mind, as that's
> something
> > >> POI helps a lot with, and something that we from the project all know
> > well
> > >> how to do + do efficiently. It's also, we understand, quite a common
> > thing
> > >> for people in finance to want to do.
> > >>
> > >> Is that something that might be of help? And if so, could someone give
> > us
> > >> some pointers to get started?
> > >>
> > >> Cheers
> > >> Nick
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
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