The Spectrum of Spreadsheets
Spreadsheets can be arranged on a wide spectrum, starting at very informal non-recurring spreadsheets and ranging to very formal recurring spreadsheets.
When it comes to creating corporate data, the vast majority of spreadsheets do not warrant the care and work that is required to create corporate data. Some of the traits a spreadsheet must have to be a viable candidate for corporate data include:
- • The spreadsheet is formal, rather than informal
- • The spreadsheet is recurring
- • The data on the spreadsheet is useful to a large audience
Examples include spreadsheets that will be used for inter-corporate communication and transferability of data.
Figure 2.2 shows which portion of spreadsheets may be good candidates to be turned into corporate data.
The transformation of spreadsheets for the purpose of creating internal corporate data (called public data), is a little different than the case of creating...