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So many of our clients (I'm still working in the BI space) are still using Excel workbooks and sending them to each other over email. I think it will take quite

So many of our clients (I'm still working in the BI space) are still using Excel workbooks and sending them to each other over email. I think it will take quite some time before we see any major improvements in this area. But I agree with you. Some of the stuff I see makes me cringe.

tempfs 9y ago
Excel is the appropriate tool for one-off adhoc analysis. When something needs to be regularly produced, then and only then should it be moved to a formal BI solution. People have a lot of questions and Excel is an approachable tool for small analysis that users can self-serve with.
- cat199 9y ago
  OMG you are so like 5 days ago.. everybody knows the correct answer is jupyter notebooks, and totes everyone like uses them, that's what it said on my facebook the other day.
  - cat199 9y ago
    wow forgot to add /s here, clearly lol