Spreadsheet - Tool for Data Collection You Should Never Ignore

When it comes to data collection the most obvious choice is spreadsheet. Microsoft Excel is one of the popular spreadsheet software that people use for data collection. Excel is not the only spreadsheet tool out there.

Here are some of the spreadsheet tools that you can check out.

1. Google Sheets
2. Openoffice Spreadsheet
3. Libreoffice Calc (Spreadsheet)
4. Zoho Sheets
5. FreeOffice
6. Calligra Sheets

Each of those programs offer the templates that you can use. And those templates can make it easier for you to collect the data.

As you can see spreadsheet has the rows and the cells which makes it easier for you to structure the data. You can align the table and properly sort out of the data as and when required. It makes the content addition, removal and deletion extremely easy as it is in tabular format.

Here are some of the things that you should know about the Spreadsheet.

1. Cells
2. Columns
3. Toolbars for quick actions
4. Macros
5. Math Formulas

Why Spreadsheet is useful?

There are many reasons why spreadsheet is more useful and also it is in demand for the data collection.

1. You can get a job once you master enough of spreadsheet.
2. You can sell ready to use template once you master spreadsheets.
3. You can train other people to use spreadsheet and get them employable.
4. Spreadsheet personally help you with data management.

Spreadsheet takes a lot of effort to master. But once you master, you get a lot of chances to use the data collection tool like this for various operations. And it does not even require cloud as you can use it on desktop only.

We are going to take a look at these concept in next few posts. As these concepts help you with the data collection with the spreadsheet. So I hope that this small introduction is useful for you.

Once you get comfortable with the data collection in spreadsheet. You can take this ahead with the SQL as SQL is much easier to use for the larger data and especially the tabular data that you want to work with.

Spreadsheet tools are pretty interesting to use for the data collection and also for the workflow in office and the data science purpose. There are countless ways with which the spreadsheet can be used as well. I may cover more about spreadsheet tutorials and the usage in near future.