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It sounds like using Excel correctly is as a prototyping tool or a means of doing one-offs. If that's the case, then Excel is to a proper business intelligence
by witten 14y ago
It sounds like using Excel correctly is as a prototyping tool or a means of doing one-offs. If that's the case, then Excel is to a proper business intelligence system as shell scripting is to a real programming language. Each has their place.
- kamjam 14y agoYes, I think that's a good way of putting it. I think it's data manipulation and reporting capabilities are excellent. In previous jobs where I used to work with a lot of data it was often easier just to output to Excel to allow the teams to manipulate and create whatever reports they needed.
- joshuapayne 14y agoIndeed. As a product manager at the company authoring the post, I frequently prototype a new report in this manner.