The phrase "able to compile a" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing someone's capability to gather or assemble information, data, or materials for a specific purpose.
Example: "She is able to compile a comprehensive report on the project's progress."
Alternatives: "capable of assembling a" or "qualified to gather a".
He has been able to compile a conservative record without alienating swing voters.
We are able to compile a list of every single one they've done.
First, very few of the albums were duplicated (I'd thought we might be able to compile a list based on the suggestions: that was impossible).
Before long, the police department would be able to compile a reasonably accurate database of people who happen to frequent this bar.
In her five years of residence, she learned the Zuni language so thoroughly that she was later able to write a Zuni grammar, and was able to compile a kind of encyclopedia of the Zuni sacred personages and their katchinas.
Using the spread of moraines – the debris left by glaciers and the trimlines on mountainsides where the vegetation starts (effectively the high-tide mark of glaciers), a team led by Professor Neil Glasser of Aberystwyth University was able to compile a complicated series of calculations to work out the volume of ice that has disappeared.
It is therefore able to compile an earlier record than its predecessors, starting from 1800.
Josh Lalor was able to compile an unhurried 45 before becoming Panesar's third victim, while Muirhead's 29 came off only 17 deliveries as the second new ball was clouted around the Traeger Park Oval.
From this information, as well as educational data, the ITU was able to compile an index that measures the overall ability of citizens to access and use information and communication technologies.
After this step, you should be able to compile any Faust code into a VST plug-in by simply typing faust2vst yourFaustFile.dsp in a terminal.
That's how the FSA was able to compile such a long list of products, ranging from shepherd's pies to salad dressings, which contained the Worcester sauce.
