http://www.aeternus.sg/2010/it-folks-hate-microsoft-excel/ Excel, SharePoint, PowerPoint Training Courses Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:14:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.aeternus.sg/2010/it-folks-hate-microsoft-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-833 admin Sat, 22 May 2010 09:14:16 +0000 http://www.aeternus.sg/?p=4136#comment-833 Hi John, you're correct. With well thought-out logic and features, automation can certainly relieve some of these problems. The glaring gap of desktop Excel: it's not designed for security, it's designed for freedom. My point is as Excel users we need to be Excel-competent since we won't get good answers from IT. That being said, SharePoint with Excel services can also solve these gaps in access control & security. Hi John, you’re correct. With well thought-out logic and features, automation can certainly relieve some of these problems. The glaring gap of desktop Excel: it’s not designed for security, it’s designed for freedom. My point is as Excel users we need to be Excel-competent since we won’t get good answers from IT. That being said, SharePoint with Excel services can also solve these gaps in access control & security.

]]> http://www.aeternus.sg/2010/it-folks-hate-microsoft-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-832 John Kyle Sat, 22 May 2010 07:55:07 +0000 http://www.aeternus.sg/?p=4136#comment-832 CH - This is an interesting perspective. I definitely agree with some of your comments. For example, when a user has made a mistake in Excel it is sometimes very difficult to find it later. This is a frustrating experience for the user and the IT expert. Fortunately, Excel automation tools can help with some of the common problems associated with manual reporting in Excel. For example, you can centralize database access onto an Excel automation so that usernames and passwords don't have to be embedded in every spreadsheet. Excel automation also encourages more Excel file reuse so that debugging only needs to be done in one Excel file, rather than in many. CH – This is an interesting perspective. I definitely agree with some of your comments. For example, when a user has made a mistake in Excel it is sometimes very difficult to find it later. This is a frustrating experience for the user and the IT expert. Fortunately, Excel automation tools can help with some of the common problems associated with manual reporting in Excel. For example, you can centralize database access onto an Excel automation so that usernames and passwords don’t have to be embedded in every spreadsheet. Excel automation also encourages more Excel file reuse so that debugging only needs to be done in one Excel file, rather than in many.

]]>