Eve is only as useful as the data in it, so we really want to make it easy to import data from a variety of sources. You bring up a really good point though, that if our interface is grid-based, then there should be a simple mapping from Excel -> Eve. We support a superset of Excel functionality, so theoretically it should be possible, but as always the devil is in the details.
I would guess his/her skepticism comes from the fact that Excel has about a billion + 1 features. Even Google and Open Office have trouble supporting everything. In that sense, I was too loose with my comment of supporting a superset. There's the old adage that everyone uses 20% of the features in Office, but it's a different 20% for every person.
Instead of "superset of Excel functionality" I should have said "superset of Excel semantics".
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Will it be possible To upload aN existing spreadsheet with formulae from excel and then gradually Add eve specific functionality?
Eve is only as useful as the data in it, so we really want to make it easy to import data from a variety of sources. You bring up a really good point though, that if our interface is grid-based, then there should be a simple mapping from Excel -> Eve. We support a superset of Excel functionality, so theoretically it should be possible, but as always the devil is in the details.
I doubt that.
Um, why?
I would guess his/her skepticism comes from the fact that Excel has about a billion + 1 features. Even Google and Open Office have trouble supporting everything. In that sense, I was too loose with my comment of supporting a superset. There's the old adage that everyone uses 20% of the features in Office, but it's a different 20% for every person.
Instead of "superset of Excel functionality" I should have said "superset of Excel semantics".