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A spreadsheet works until it doesn't.
Maybe you load in past, say, 150mb of data.
Perhaps the last person to touch it linked it to a data or content source they only have access to.
Perhaps the person editing it has it checked out from a Sharepoint and forgot to check it back in.
Perhaps the person editing it left it open on their computer and forgot about it being hosted on a shared drive.
Perhaps the business critical sheet is hosted on someone's desktop.
Fundamentally, spreadsheets are cocktail napkins. It's fine to sketch out a basic idea. It's a terribly risky approach to run a business from it.
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A spreadsheet works until it doesn't.
Maybe you load in past, say, 150mb of data.
Perhaps the last person to touch it linked it to a data or content source they only have access to.
Perhaps the person editing it has it checked out from a Sharepoint and forgot to check it back in.
Perhaps the person editing it left it open on their computer and forgot about it being hosted on a shared drive.
Perhaps the business critical sheet is hosted on someone's desktop.
Fundamentally, spreadsheets are cocktail napkins. It's fine to sketch out a basic idea. It's a terribly risky approach to run a business from it.