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Spreadsheet Views
Data entry, summary and details sections for an existing spreadsheet | |
The following is an additional feature for spreadsheets.
a. You can set a new type of "Sheet page" which has "Panes"
(it shouldn't be much of a pane to create such a sheet)
b. Each pane shows a different view of an existing sheet. The
views can be:
b1. A slice of filtered data
(example: only the lines that are for
my department). The top line of this view shows the filter.
Creating a new line with this filter inserts a new line into the
main sheet at the correct location, or adds one to the bottom,
filling in the correct default information for this line (in our
example, automatically filling out the department number field)
b2. A summary page. A wizard will help create one, or you can
easily format it and write it yourself.
b3. A data entry form based on the main sheet with place for
verification scripts, and easy verification methods.
c. Changing the underlying sheet would bring up a wizard for
updating the changed information in the three types of views.
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Don't pivot tables do much of this? |
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Wouldn't a relational database be a better tool for these problems? |
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No. I just want to show several views in one page,
allowing me to scroll each one separately or freeze rows
and columns separately. |
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Data entry for a simple spreadsheet shouldn't be hard to
make and making a database (like access) is simply an
overkill, needing skills not available to most. |
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I'm reasonably sure a spreadsheet can do this already. |
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a. show different views each with its own frozen
columns and rows? |
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b. wizard for data entry form creation? |
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c. a quick summary of groups and totals in a few lines?
(and wizard to create such) |
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d. wizard for updating views according to changed
structure of data? |
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I worked to produce a departmental Lotus spreadsheet about 25 maybe 30 years ago. You could do pretty well anything you wanted to, albeit with much weeping and gnashing of teeth. Column sums and simple formulae, that spreadsheets are best known for, are the equivalent of C's "Hello World!" program. |
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