Re: [O] org-collector not working

[Charles Millar]

Hi Malte,


On 01/02/2017 01:07 PM, Malte Deiseroth wrote:
> Hello
>
> The org-collector seems to be broken. I followed the instructions on:
> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-collector.html
>
> Instead of:
> #+BEGIN: propview :id "december" :conds ((string= spendtype "food"))
> :cols (ITEM amount)
> | "ITEM"                           | "amount" |
> |----------------------------------+----------|
> | "Grocery Store [2008-12-01 Mon]" |    56.77 |
> | "Restaurant [2008-12-08 Mon]"    |    30.67 |
> |----------------------------------+----------|
> |                                  |          |
> #+END:
>
> I get:
>
> #+BEGIN: propview :id "december" :conds ((string= spendtype "food"))
> :cols (ITEM amount)
> | ITEM | amount |
> |------+--------|
> |------+--------|
> |      |        |
> #+END:
>
> and instead of:
>
> #+BEGIN: propview :cols (ITEM (+ 400 amount)) :scope tree :match "example"
> |
> "ITEM"
> | "(+ 400 amount)" |
> |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------|
> | "December Spending
> :example:" |                0 |
> | "Week
> One"
> |                0 |
> | "Grocery Store [2008-12-01
> Mon]"                                                |           456.77 |
> | "Athletic club [2008-12-02
> Tue]"                                                |            475.0 |
> | "Week Two
> "
> |                0 |
> | "Restaurant [2008-12-08
> Mon]"                                                   |           430.67 |
> |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------|
> |
> |                  |
> #+END:
>
>
> I get:
>
> #+BEGIN: propview :cols (ITEM (+ 400 amount)) :scope tree :match "example"
> | ITEM                                 | (+ 400 amount) |
> |--------------------------------------+----------------|
> | "** December Spending"               |              0 |
> | "*** Week One"                       |              0 |
> | "**** Grocery Store [2008-12-01 Mo]" |              0 |
> | "**** Athletic club [2008-12-02 Di]" |              0 |
> | "*** Week Two"                       |              0 |
> | "**** Restaurant [2008-12-08 Mo]"    |              0 |
> |--------------------------------------+----------------|
> |                                      |                |
> #+END:
>
> Basically all the columns/properties are always 0. I tried also with
> other properties, but nothing worked.
> I have nothing in the *Messages* or *Warnigns* buffer to post here.
> I might be doing something wrong. Its the first time using org-collector
> for me.
> I'm using emacs 25.1.1. I believe org-mode and org-collector are shipped
> by default with this.
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Cheers Malte

See the discussion at the list 
https://www.mail-archive.com/address@hidden/msg104915.html.
Nicolas Goaziou pointed out that

 'snip ((string= SPENDTYPE "food"))
snip
Properties are returned upper-cased by `org-entry-properties'.

Charlie Millar