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> What makes Excel really so indispensable? Not having to train all your accountants on something which is similar, but different enough they are less effectiv
by RajT88 3y ago
> What makes Excel really so indispensable?
Not having to train all your accountants on something which is similar, but different enough they are less effective until they know it as well.
The integration is another piece, as the article mentioned - the MS ecosystem makes making all documents cloud documents and sharable and collaborative within your enterprise a total snap.
I'm not aware of actual core functional pieces of excel which matter to most users that you can't get elsewhere.
- Ekaros 3y agoAlso, that it has nearly everything anyone could need in single product. Maybe outside some very specialised analysts. So one tool works for most people. And then there is interoperability, everyone is using it and everyone accepts it as document format.
- dataking 3y ago> the MS ecosystem makes making all documents cloud documents and sharable and collaborative within your enterprise a total snap. Same for Google Sheets, they're fairly interoperable with the MS formats too.
- tracker1 3y agoI know for a fact that trying to do some of the integrations Excel can is painful by comparison. Also, Google Docs doesn't come close to Word. There are a lot of little features missing and each is essential to someone.
- RajT88 3y agoExcel has some nice integrations with PowerBI, SQL, Azure and a rich SDK.