# Final Project - financial illustration imported from excel value table

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/final-project-financial-illustration-imported-from-excel-value-table/39752>\
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**Created:** [November 16, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/final-project-financial-illustration-imported-from-excel-value-table/39752 "2022-11-16T23:42:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![DanielProwess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@DanielProwess](https://discourse.processing.org/u/DanielProwess)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/final-project-financial-illustration-imported-from-excel-value-table/39752/1 "2022-11-16T23:42:31Z")

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Hello, I am beginning a final project for my intro CS class.

My goal is to create a program in processing that can take a monthly budget spreadsheet from excel and illustrate it as a multitude of charts. I’d like to hear any other simple ideas you all have for a final project.

Just an idea let me know what you all think, I am a complete beginner so assume I know nothing and we have not had to code very much at all.

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**Author:** ![josephh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/josephh/32/210_2.png) [@josephh](https://discourse.processing.org/u/josephh)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 11:01am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/final-project-financial-illustration-imported-from-excel-value-table/39752/2 "2022-11-17T11:01:08Z")

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Hi @DanielProwess,

Welcome to the forum! 😉

> [@DanielProwess](#):
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> My goal is to create a program in processing that can take a monthly budget spreadsheet from excel and illustrate it as a multitude of charts.

When you have an assignment, try to break it in small problems you need to solve:

- How do I “take” a spreadsheet in Processing? Is there a way to import / read a spreadsheet file? What are the spreadsheet file formats out there?

- Which charts am I going to need? How to display a simple bar chart? What other types of charts? And then if I want to animate them? How to make them so I can reuse my code without needing to copy it all over the place (programmers hate to repeat code 😉 )

Then searching on the forum / internet for those topics will guide you. Of course you can post your progress / questions here 😇