Aug 29, 2017

Strengths And Weaknesses Of MS Excel Programming

By Kathleen Kennedy


The majority of the computer in many offices and homes today depend on Microsoft software for their entire working. One of the products is the Microsoft office that comes with various application packages that facilitate several distinct office tasks such as word processing, mathematical data manipulation, data presentation and graphical data analysis among many others. Some pros and cons of MS excel programming are as follows.

MS excel is a mathematical data manipulation software with a good capacity of handling various statistical data manipulations. It also supports visual basic programming and development of macros. The programs developed can perform some various tasks and thus help in task customization apart from its original working processes. The exercise of programming is enabled via a platform that will provide where you can write code and execute.

Some advantages of package are the fact that it gives constant execution of data. Once a function is defined, and the input determined the outcome will always show consistency. Unless for human error the results produced show a consistency all through. This is a desirable feature, especially when dealing with data that is consistent with nature.

The program also executes faster than any human being can. This is because once the program is served with the correct inputs and the appropriate code is run then the results will be very accurate. The outcome is almost instant, and in the case of vigorous data analysis, it can be left to perform the execution and produce results. The process is faster and thus time-saving. It also enhances the productivity of employees.

The package also offers a good ground for minimal errors especially for those who are good in macro programming. These people can write code in the visual basic language and run them without much hustle especially if they have written correct code following the right language syntax and logic.

The few disadvantages or rather constraints with the use of the database are the fact that it requires you to have learned how to write code in basic visual language or simply have programming knowledge. This is one of the languages used to write code for performing some various tasks on a basic visual platform. However, the language is not hard to learn and thus macro programming is common.

The other thing is that the program does not allow the export of the programs to another machine. This means there is need to rewrite the code for execution into another machine. It has a no feature to allow a stand-alone excel or visual basic program and hence the inconvenience when working on multiple machines.

Lastly, there is a tendency by the company to upgrade as years goes by and in the process develop newer versions of the excel program. Although they try to keep a good link with the previous versions, at times, the previous versions may need you to do some changes to your code for it to run. All the same debugging is not an exception here since errors are common. If you write a macro, you need to provide technical assistance to those accessing your work.




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