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		pete_nic on March 31, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Excel 2.0 – Is there a better visual data model th... I agree. There may be no better UX alternative than columnar spreadsheets. Excel shines in scenario analysis when, for example, the data comes from your head. I believe Excel has an opportunity to improve when data comes from external sources like CSV dump from a CRM. I would like to see Excel improve the way it allows you to extract data from other systems which would reduce redundant effort and decrease the likelihood of errors.

chanandler_bong on April 4, 2022 [–]

Oh God... flashbacks to hacking ODBC connections to Access databases! ACK!

But yeah, it would be cool if you could pull directly from an API in to Excel. Or directly parse JSON input without having to mangle it in jq first.

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