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Excel add-ins are powerful front-end tools.
This is because they combine the advantages that spreadsheets & OLAP cubes give us.
Not all Excel add-ins have the same functionality though; there are things that
some can do & others cannot.
Of course having lots of functionality doesn't mean its the easiest tool for
building or looking at reports.
I hope that this does give those interested in Excel add-ins an idea as to what
functionality is available.
I must also stress that whilst I have tried to be accurate & fair, I may
have got some bits wrong.
If you think so, or have any comments please send me an e-mail:
excel-add-ins@johnkeeley.com
I have split functionality into four areas:
- Dynamic
- Disjoint
- Presentation
- Planning
The Excel add-ins assessed are:
- BIXL (Version 3 Beta)
- IntelligentApps (Version 3.5.28)
- MIS Plain (Version 1.2.1)
- XLCubed (Version 1.07.008) & Explorer (Beta)
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