David Hawkins Why use Access when i have a sql server? Eva Schiffer Yeah. Apple products feel like a loving parent, Android devices feel like a roommate who reminds you to take out the trash, but MS products? I'm seeing someone in a suit, too busy to know your name.
William Nichols, if apple products are like a parent, then they're the all consuming helicopter parent who guilts you whenever you want to talk to someone else.
David Rothfeder That was the sort of parent I was envisioning, yes. They also make sure everything works just so, and you don't need to worry about it.
no idea about the url. yeah, i know excel is the lingua franca for data entry. what else is there? but for bi itself, is it really the thing? seems like it's a bunch of enterprise products, but idk.
Todd Sprang Point is, Excel is used for just about everything. Just about everything it does is better done in another product, but Excel brings it all together in a hackable way. I've seen (and done myself) Excel used as a BI platform, as a report reader, as a data entry plugin, as an ETL tool. Its the swiss army knife. That's my point: Excel is the most widely used BI tool because it is the most widely used everything*.
*: Exceptions: web browser, text editor, server. Other things? Excel.
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ReplyDelete.... at least its not sheets.
ReplyDeleteHow to make money fast with Excel: Hold down shift and press the 4 key ten times.
ReplyDeleteYanni Cooper cute.
ReplyDeleteDavid Rothfeder Same is true of sheets.
I mean, I do things Excel really shouldn't do doing. In this case, some outlook automation and using Excel as an ETL tool. Because that's smart.
Dear William Nichols: I am coming for you.
ReplyDelete- Access
I was going to jokingly say "But Excell wuvs you"... except I don't think anything from Microsoft loves anyone.
ReplyDeleteDavid Hawkins Why use Access when i have a sql server?
ReplyDeleteEva Schiffer Yeah. Apple products feel like a loving parent, Android devices feel like a roommate who reminds you to take out the trash, but MS products? I'm seeing someone in a suit, too busy to know your name.
William Nichols That's what I keep asking a certain DB admin here on campus. If I get an answer, I'll pass it on.
ReplyDeleteWilliam Nichols, if apple products are like a parent, then they're the all consuming helicopter parent who guilts you whenever you want to talk to someone else.
ReplyDeleteDavid Rothfeder That was the sort of parent I was envisioning, yes. They also make sure everything works just so, and you don't need to worry about it.
ReplyDeleteExcept they can't read a map
ReplyDeleteMaps? So 20th century. Who needs a MAP to get places?
ReplyDeleteGPS units
ReplyDeleteFact: you can run any kind of business on Excel.
ReplyDeletehttps://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/dd264733(v=vs.100).aspx et al
ReplyDeleteJohn Aegard And Excel is the #1 BI tool in the world, too.
ReplyDeletereally? https://www.g2crowd.com/categories/business-intelligence/products
ReplyDeleteTodd Sprang That's a 404.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes: The sheer number of hours, reports, and other crap people do in Excel is immense. Nothing else can compare, due to market saturation.
no idea about the url. yeah, i know excel is the lingua franca for data entry. what else is there? but for bi itself, is it really the thing? seems like it's a bunch of enterprise products, but idk.
ReplyDeleteTodd Sprang Point is, Excel is used for just about everything. Just about everything it does is better done in another product, but Excel brings it all together in a hackable way. I've seen (and done myself) Excel used as a BI platform, as a report reader, as a data entry plugin, as an ETL tool. Its the swiss army knife. That's my point: Excel is the most widely used BI tool because it is the most widely used everything*.
ReplyDelete*: Exceptions: web browser, text editor, server. Other things? Excel.
i see. yeah, not many other options. unless google sheets count. also the red-headed step-child, csv, the bane of my existence.
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