Hi!

I am looking for a perl-based report generation package, or a perl interface to an open-source report generation package. I did some searching around the monestery, on Google, and on CPAN, and did not locate much, so I seek the wisdom of the monks.

I would like the ability to generate attractive reports consisting of formatted text paragraphs, tables, and graphs. I'd like to separate data from presentation, using XML to describe the reports. I'd like the ability to render a report as HTML, PDF, flat text, or even Excel (the tables). I'd like auto-numbering of sections and auto-generation of the table of contents. I'd like to keep the formatting code of out the rendering engine, ala Template Toolkit.

Is there a system out there I should consider? I'd very much prefer not to reinvent any wheels, so before I pull out Template Toolkit, Spreadsheet::WriteExcel, XML::Parser, etc. etc., I'd welcome any or any leads or suggestions.

Thanks!

rkg

In reply to Avoiding reinventing the wheel: report generation systems? by rkg

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