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Visualise the structure of a spreadsheet
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Re: Visualise the structure of a spreadsheet
#22From the video, this looks like a graphical spreadsheet debugger. That is a fucking fantastic idea. It's been a while sine I used a lot of excel, but this would have been great.
I think you'd want to target non-programmers who use a lot of excel (so people in "business") and just bring them more debugging features. An excel IDE would be an ambitious potential next step.
Re: Visualise the structure of a spreadsheet
#23We would certainly use this at our company...In the real estate finance world we exclusively use Excel for financial underwriting, and at times, cells and formulas get lost in the fray. As the analyst around here, I know how to audit a spreadsheet just looking at the formula (if I built it...), but the guys in the field using our models have no clue how cell A links to cell B.
I vote for online solution, as us corporate types have no ability to download or add software (even as Excel add-ins...) Ugh.
Re: Visualise the structure of a spreadsheet
#24Any idea of the price ?
We haven't really decided yet. What would businesses be willing to spend?
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Great idea! Do you have to upload the spreadsheet? If yes then a big downer. Better if you could release and sell as Excel Plugin
hmm, what's wrong with uploading it? I would actually prefer the no-Addin solution: the Excel Addin 'deployment' is a bit messy (with references stuck in the Addin-manager) + no Addins in the Mac world (though I guess that >95% of Excel users are on windows)
Would you expect a financially sensitive information of a company to be uploaded on a third party site?
Re: Visualise the structure of a spreadsheet
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Great idea! Do you have to upload the spreadsheet? If yes then a big downer. Better if you could release and sell as Excel Plugin
hmm, what's wrong with uploading it? I would actually prefer the no-Addin solution: the Excel Addin 'deployment' is a bit messy (with references stuck in the Addin-manager) + no Addins in the Mac world (though I guess that >95% of Excel users are on windows)
Would you expect a financially sensitive information of a company to be uploaded on a third party site?
Re: Visualise the structure of a spreadsheet
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Great idea! Do you have to upload the spreadsheet? If yes then a big downer. Better if you could release and sell as Excel Plugin
hmm, what's wrong with uploading it? I would actually prefer the no-Addin solution: the Excel Addin 'deployment' is a bit messy (with references stuck in the Addin-manager) + no Addins in the Mac world (though I guess that >95% of Excel users are on windows)
Would you expect a financially sensitive information of a company to be uploaded on a third party site?
Re: Visualise the structure of a spreadsheet
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Great idea! Do you have to upload the spreadsheet? If yes then a big downer. Better if you could release and sell as Excel Plugin
hmm, what's wrong with uploading it? I would actually prefer the no-Addin solution: the Excel Addin 'deployment' is a bit messy (with references stuck in the Addin-manager) + no Addins in the Mac world (though I guess that >95% of Excel users are on windows)
Would you expect a financially sensitive information of a company to be uploaded on a third party site?
Re: Visualise the structure of a spreadsheet
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Great idea! Do you have to upload the spreadsheet? If yes then a big downer. Better if you could release and sell as Excel Plugin
hmm, what's wrong with uploading it? I would actually prefer the no-Addin solution: the Excel Addin 'deployment' is a bit messy (with references stuck in the Addin-manager) + no Addins in the Mac world (though I guess that >95% of Excel users are on windows)
Would you expect a financially sensitive document of a company to be uploaded on a third party site?
Re: Visualise the structure of a spreadsheet
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Great idea! Do you have to upload the spreadsheet? If yes then a big downer. Better if you could release and sell as Excel Plugin
hmm, what's wrong with uploading it? I would actually prefer the no-Addin solution: the Excel Addin 'deployment' is a bit messy (with references stuck in the Addin-manager) + no Addins in the Mac world (though I guess that >95% of Excel users are on windows)
Would you expect a financially sensitive document of a company to be uploaded on a third party site?