Use AI to Build a Better Spreadsheet, Then Turn it into a Web App
Most of the AI conversation around Excel predicts its replacement. Meanwhile, the people who actually build spreadsheets are using AI to make them better than ever. AI assistants now write and explain formulas, generate VBA, suggest error handling, and document logic that has gone unexplained for years. Microsoft ships Copilot inside Excel itself, complete with […]
Three Paths from Spreadsheet to Web Application
Your company probably has at least one. A spreadsheet that started as a quick tool and then became the engine behind quoting, pricing, rating, or planning for your entire team. It holds years of refined business logic, and the people who depend on it trust the numbers it produces. It also breaks in ways that […]
How Microsoft’s Excel Macro Security Changes Are Affecting Operations Teams in 2026
A Security Fix That Came at a Cost In February 2022, Microsoft announced it would block VBA macros by default in Office files downloaded from the internet. After a brief rollback in response to user feedback, the change resumed rollout across Microsoft 365 for Windows later that year, covering Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Word. […]
How to Get Better AI Outputs from Your Excel-Based Web Apps
When you deploy an Excel spreadsheet as a web app with EASA, you get something most AI integrations struggle to find on their own: clean, structured, consistently labeled data. Every time a user fills out a form or runs a calculation in your EASA app, the output lands in organized fields like product names, pricing […]
5 Fixes for Your Most Common Excel Issues
Excel is one of the most used tools in business. It is most loved for its flexibility, power, and agility, but often falls short when users try to scale it for business. This is especially true when you need to share a single spreadsheet with many users. We’ve identified the most common spreadsheet issues that […]
The Monster Under Your Bed Is Nothing Compared to the Shadow Spreadsheet Running Your Business
Stranger Things is back, which means everyone is talking about monsters, portals, and things lurking where they should not be. In the business world, the closest thing we have to an Upside Down is the shadow spreadsheet. It grows without permission, duplicates without warning, and creates a parallel version of your data that no one […]
Introducing SheetConnect: Where People and Spreadsheets Connect
Secure, Scalable Spreadsheet Sharing Without Rebuilding Today we are introducing SheetConnect, a new way to share, control, and scale your Excel spreadsheets without rewriting a single formula or line of VBA. For many organizations, spreadsheets contain critical logic that is difficult and expensive to rebuild in custom software. SheetConnect brings these tools into a secure, […]
How Secure Are Your Spreadsheets? Take the Risk & Readiness Assessment
Why Spreadsheets are Here to Stay Spreadsheets sit behind nearly every critical business decision. In fact, a recent study found that 90% of firms still rely on spreadsheets in their financial operations despite bottlenecks. Spreadsheets have been around for decades because they are familiar and flexible, keeping them relevant even as new technologies emerge. Employees […]
Salesforce CPQ Alternatives: What to Do Before RLM Forces You to Rebuild
If your organization uses Salesforce CPQ (formerly SteelBrick), you have likely heard that Salesforce is sunsetting its legacy CPQ platform in favor of Revenue Lifecycle Management (RLM), part of Revenue Cloud Advanced. This is a major change that could impact your sales operations, technology investments, and long-term quoting strategy. The Bigger Picture Platform changes like […]
Zurich: Deploying Rating Spreadsheets with Database Integration
Zürich Financial uses Excel for CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote). However, these spreadsheets are constantly updated to reflect changes in the market, and new spreadsheets containing pricing models for new product lines are frequently added. Using EASA, Zurich has deployed these pricing tools as secure and simplified web apps which use the business logic of the original spreadsheets. This has been accomplished without incurring the high cost of programming custom solutions, and without discarding the original spreadsheets.