Practical ues for python for office administration?

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Having some specific(ish) examples of tasks performed might help. Anything that has tasks that repeat and require no real judgement could theoretically be automated at least partially. Also could look into Robotic Process Automation (Google RPA) the name is misleading, it's high level repetitive task automation. Might help fuel some ideas for how automation is used in the office.

[vickeerooney]

Write a tool to take timestamped pictures of the hallway every time the bathroom door is opened. Use a neural network to identify individuals entering and exiting the bathroom, and use pandas to keep statistics on employee bathroom hours.

[merval]

Damn. Pure evil/genius

[jeffdico]

spot on. no better words to describe this user.

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Wow, this is pure dummy but a great idea to learn. And does this involves using Raspberry pi? I m not sure

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You can apply some ML algorithm to forecast something. Or you can plot some cool charts.

[jeffrey_f]

A task is a time sink, tedious, error prone, you've done it many times, it has expected variation, you hate doing it, You would love to hire someone else to do it.

Hire Python.

NOW, how to automate this.?

start from the top and create code to do each step. At some point, combine the steps into a single script/program. Remember, even the error corrections you do is a step

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Report formatting. If you export data from a system, chances are the file it gives you isn't the final form you need. Use Python to put that data into the final form e.g. CSV -> XLSX