What do you use Tables for? [poll]

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First a quick personal update: We (Jo, kids & I) are in beautiful Virginia Beach. Yesterday, we had a perfect, lazy beach day. We woke up late, went to beach where kids played in sand. Got back to our house (rented thru airbnb) when it started raining, had lunch and took a nap. We got up and went to beach again, rode a family bike, watched several street performances, bought souvenirs, ate Thai food and drove home at 11. Long story short, we are having way too much fun and I feel like cheating on you by not posting anything Excel. So,

I have a poll for you.

What do you use Excel Tables for?

I will go first, I use them for,

  • Maintaining all my raw data, so that I can use structural references
  • Maintaining various trackers, for example I am tracking all our expenses in USA in a table.
  • For quick formatting of data (zebra lining, filters, sorting etc.)

What about you? What kinds of data are you holding in tables and how are you using them. Please share using comments. Go.

Learn: Introduction to Tables, Introduction to structural references.

PS for our US readers: Have an enjoyable 4th of July & weekend. We are driving to Washington DC to celebrate the day with our friends and watch fireworks at National mall.

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