Excel Database

Microsoft Excel is an excellent spreadsheet tool. Excel can also be used as a database. Rows in Excel are called records and the columns are called fields. The first cell in a column is the header or field name for the column. Rows can also contain row descriptions. Fields can be formatted as numeric or text or contain formulas that calculate the field result. This is a simple table, and most often used. Excel has two more database types, Excel Tables and Pivot Tables. Excel Tables come with some automatic naming features. Pivot Tables add relational data features in Excel.

Microsoft Excel is also useful for importing and exporting data to other database applications. This can be done manually or programmatically in VBA code.

Another useful feature in using Excel as a database is the ability to mail merge data into MS Word or collecting data in a Fillable PDF document.

An Excel database can be used for making personalized letters, collecting answers to surveys and so much more. These features can be very useful to your business, automating repetitive tasks or offering new features to drive new business.

Excel is commonly used for data analysis, mathematical and logic analysis, calculations, statistical comparisons, easy to import or export data, do conditional formatting and chart management.

Is Excel the right tool for my job?

To decide whether to use Excel or a larger database system, there are a few features key to using Excel. Excel excels at numerical analysis and the learning curve is doable. If your needs are to data management and multiple users simultaneously using the data, it is time to consider Microsoft's database solution, Access.

Netmajic can help you decide which Excel or Access is right for your needs. Possible a combination of Excel and Access is the right solution, sharing data from one to the other. Using the VBA code in Excel many things are possible.

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