The PalOOCa Project is developing an Open Office Calc add-in for the Palo OLAP server. It began as an idea in October 2006 and reached an alpha release in January 2007. The project aims to create an open source MOLAP front-end that allows users to connect to Palo from within OpenOffice Calc, similar to existing Excel plug-ins. A roadmap outlines planned features through a final 1.0 release in January 2008, including connection management, data import/export, and multilanguage support. The presentation demonstrated PalOOCa on Windows and Linux and provided download and contact information.

1. The
PalOOCa Project
Palo Open Office Calc Add-in
Christian Schieder, Chemnitz UT
Palo User Conference 2007, Frankfurt

2. The
PalOOCa Project – Palo Open Office Calc Add-in
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Announced
Alpha
Idea
Okt. 2006 Jan. 2007 May 2007 Jan. 2008
Release
Candidate
Christian Schieder, Chemnitz UT
Palo User Conference 2007, Frankfurt

3. The
PalOOCa Project – Palo Open Office Calc Add-in
Open Source Open Source
MOLAP-Front-End? MOLAP-Front-End!
Palo Plug-In PalOOCa
Excel Open Office Calc
VM-Ware Java
Linux Linux
Christian Schieder, Chemnitz UT
Palo User Conference 2007, Frankfurt

4. The
PalOOCa Project – Palo Open Office Calc Add-in
Roadmap
Due Features Status
Sept. 2007 MIS.ods Demo Sheet, PalOOCa.oxt, Formulas embedded, Menu Alpha 0.1.5
Oct. 2007 Connection Manager, Insert Element/Formulas Wizard, Write-back Beta 0.2
Nov. 2007 Paste View, Data Import, Enhanced Excel Compatibility Beta 0.4
Dec. 2007 Multilanguage support, Modeler Beta 0.6
Jan. 2008 All features tested and stable, Candidate for 1.0 Final Release RC10.9
Christian Schieder, Chemnitz UT
Palo User Conference 2007, Frankfurt

5. The
PalOOCa Project – Palo Open Office Calc Add-in
Live Demo:
- Windows platform
- Linux platform
Download
Find it:
- Google: PalOOCa
- SourceForge.net
Christian Schieder, Chemnitz UT
Palo User Conference 2007, Frankfurt