by Oz du Soleil | Jul 3, 2012 | Data Integrity, Excel Geekdom, Guest Blogger, Spreadsheet Development, Spreadsheet Tidiness, Tips
This post will describe bad habits in Excel to do with cell formatting and formulas and how to avoid them. If you share spreadsheets in a team, the data will only be as strong as the weakest link in the team. For the first time ever, a Guest Blogpost on DataScopic.net...
by Oz du Soleil | Apr 17, 2012 | Data Integrity, Excel Geekdom, Spreadsheet Tidiness
Think about that person who comes in before the dentist? They look around, take x-rays, and get everything clean and set up for the dentist. In some ways a Data Hygienist is similar: come in before the Analyst; before the Accountant, before the Database Architect;...
by Oz du Soleil | Apr 17, 2012 | Data Management, Tips
Crap data is costing you money. Crap data is keeping you from making money. Your needs don’t call for a pre-packaged system with more bells and whistles than you need. Your needs don’t call for an expensive pre-packaged system with more bells and whistles...
by Oz du Soleil | Apr 13, 2012 | Data Management, Excel Geekdom
I’ve watched this Simon Sinek video several times and it always has me reflect on my passion for Data Hygiene, Data Management and spreadsheets. Throughout the video Simon insists “people don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.” So, why...