Zoho keeps pushing the limits of what online productivity apps can do, It was the first to use Google Gears to create an offline version of Zoho Writer last year, for instance. And now it is adding macros and pivot tables to its online spreadsheet, Zoho Sheet. (Once again, it is way ahead of Google, which indicated last December it would not add those advanced features any time this year).
The addition of macros and pivot tables should go far in making Zoho’s online spreadsheet a more realistic alternative for power business users. Macros are customized code, written in Visual Basic, that adds features and functionality to a spreadsheet (like highlighting an item above a certain dollar-limit in an expense report, for instance). Pivot tables are complex tables inside a spreadsheet that makes it easier to analyze data. Anyone can create a macro for Zoho Sheets and contribute it to this wiki that Zoho set up. (So users can potentially get the benefit of everyone else’s macros). And since it is understands Visual Basic (and converts it on the backend to Java before executing the code), existing macros for Excel will also work inside Zoho Sheet. Out of the gate, Zoho only supports about half of all spreadsheet functions in its macros, and does not yet support exporting of macros, but in time it will.
Here is a video explaining the new features:
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Yahoo, please acquire Zoho.
Very productive features added to its sheet application! Go Zoho!
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@#1 .. lol! I hope Google takes a call before Yahoo! thinks about it..
!! Is MS listening ? 
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Hrmmmmmmmmmm
wait, Zoho products still suck.
Macro support might be the killer feature for Zoho! Great! Together with iMacros as cross-application browser macro and scripting too, you can do (automate) complete workflows.
too = tool
This product just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
I’m amazed they’ve managed to keep this level of feature growth. It must be an insanely complex piece of Javascript running that page.
Another good from Zoho, ahead of Google
http://feedshub.blogspot.com/2.....-zoho.html
Zoho is good but they need to put more dollars on Quality control to improve quality. And they need to work on multi-user scenarios. Their chat sucks.
Overall i give 7/10 for zoho.
Google docs is stable now.
Between, YAHOO SHOULD buy zoho at any cost.
The Zoho pivot functionality is currently quite a bit lacking (for instance, you can’t show more than one data item at a time, e.g. show cost and sales together).
Google actually has recently gotten a couple pivot/analytic solutions, obviously I prefer the one I’ve started:
http://www.shouteureka.com
quick demo here:
demo video
Very cool functionalities - Why isn’t Google adding to this considering most of the code used to create Zoho was integrated using Google Gears? The only way Google Docs and Spreads. will gain traction over Microsoft’s service will be through the use of simpler interfaces as well as power usage tools such as advanced functions, macros and pivot tables like Zoho. Why isn’t Google ramping up speed?
Good job Zoho =oD
More important…is it faster than excel? if not, i don’t care.
macros to online spreadsheets ? wow.. that really makes it possible for companies like Accelrys and other people who write macros to enter online world !!
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Did you see the new Google Spreadsheet Pivot Table?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb28VVDTDpg
This post describes what a macro is and how we can create, edit and monitor macro’s.
Visit explainstuff.com to read more about it. Here is the link:
http://www.explainstuff.com/20.....f-the-day/