Slate

Making Spreadsheets Understandable.

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Making Spreadsheets Understandable.

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Outpour

I was formerly an i-banker/consultant which means I lived in complex spreadsheets. Can't believe this only exists in 2014.5. I'm on OSX so can't try it now but on the surface it looks like an awesome and much needed tool.

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12yr ago

TaskPipes

Maker

@cjl49 Thanks for your comments - sounds like you would certainly have benefitted from Slate! If you are able to get hold of a Windows computer or boot up a virtual machine, it would be great to hear any other feedback you have.

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12yr ago

Outpour

@fraseratkins I'm happy to try, though it may take me a few days :) actually I'll share Slate with a couple current bankers/consultants and see if they have any thoughts.

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12yr ago

TaskPipes

Maker

@cjl49 Excellent :) Please do share and feel free to pass on my email (fraser@useslate.com) too if that helps.

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12yr ago

Hunter

If you use spreadsheets a lot like me, this is a great add-on.It takes your existing spreadsheet and visualizes it as a logical interactive flowchart.Select a cell and see its formula visually in a flowchart. Expanding each level in the visualization allows you to follow the trail of calculations. Helps document and explain the logic of your own spreadsheets and easily understand other people's spreadsheets!

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12yr ago

TaskPipes

Maker

I'm the co-founder and we've just launched this in beta. Would really love to hear any feedback anyone has! Feel free to get in touch - fraser@useslate.com

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12yr ago

Webapplizer

Would love to have the OS X version. I spent a lot of time making other people's spreadsheet models better - this would've made life so much easier!

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12yr ago

TaskPipes

Maker

We have had a lot of demand from users of Mac OS X. If anyone is interested in a Slate offering for Mac OS X, please send me an email to fraser@useslate.com. If we have enough interest, we will respond to that!

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12yr ago

Carpool VC - S2E3, Prerna Gupta, Founder/CEO of Hooked

Is there a version for Mac osx?

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12yr ago

TaskPipes

Maker

@jtriest at the moment, no. We are focussing initially on Excel for windows as it's by far the biggest market but have developed it so it is pretty flexible regardless of spreadsheet application. Stay tuned!

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12yr ago

@jtriest It's not nearly as elegant or fully-formed as Slate, but you can do this in any version of Excel by going to Tools > Auditing > Trace Precedents. It's more for finding squeaky wheels than visualizing source data.

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12yr ago

TaskPipes

Maker

@adamsigel Hi Adam, in a way you can consider this version of Slate as a "turbocharged trace precedents". However, unlike trace precedents, we display the *logic* of the calculations and show cells from different worksheets and workbooks!

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12yr ago

TaskPipes

...and I'm the other co-founder. If you spend a lot of time in Excel, we'd love to speak!

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12yr ago

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