Example of using pbreports Table and Columns

example_table.py

import sys
import random

from pbreports.model.model import Table, Column


def get_columns():
    cs = [Column('person', header="Person Name"),
          Column('color', header="Favorite Color"),
          Column('pid', header='User id')]
    return cs


def to_table():
    cs = get_columns()

    table = Table('my_table', columns=cs)

    names = 'steve ralph racoon bird dog cat giraffe'.split()
    colors = 'red black blue'.split()

    for name in names:
        table.add_data_by_column_id('person', name)
        table.add_data_by_column_id('color', random.choice(colors))
        table.add_data_by_column_id('pid', random.randint(0, 100))

    return table


def main():
    table = to_table()
    print table
    return 0

if __name__ == '__main__':
    sys.exit(main())

out.txt

[130894]mkocher@mp-f020:$ python table_example.py 

Table id:my_table
--------------------------------------
Person Name  Favorite Color  User id  
--------------------------------------
steve         blue             3        
ralph         red              68       
racoon        black            72       
bird          red              56       
dog           blue             96       
cat           black            32       
giraffe       black            69