Spreadsheet Programming

Spreadsheet programming is an accepted progression of component-leaning development. The principle idea is to use Excel through spreadsheet programming as a development tool for generating enterprise logic elements or components. These elements can then be arranged to design immensely sophisticated and superior enterprise processing schemes that are advanced, yet easily manageable. Since the enterprise rules are created in Excel, the enterprise users who are the ones that should be able to use the system can review, edit or ensure full verification of these rules.

It is should be noted that Excel is the basic generator tool. When it comes to runtime, the enterprise components can be executed without using Excel. This ensures full scalability. Through our advanced workshops and free online training videos in specific aspects of Excel you will learn how to use basic functions applied in spreadsheet programming to ensure accurate design, development, testing, verification and editing to generate a fully workable system.

The relationship between Excel and development of a business or enterprise component is that each workbook corresponds to an enterprise element. This means that if a cell with data is used for input to the enterprise component then the cell containing the relevant formula will determine the output behaviour of that enterprise element or component.

Excel has extremely powerful functions already available to be used including that of the IF, SUMIF, and the operators OR as well as AND. Other functions such as COUNTIF and LOOKUP are also used. The above functions form an integral part of spreadsheet programming and as such you will find our free training videos on the use of these functions valuable.