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Authored by: Scott Weidig on Mar 30, '10 07:59:50AM

Rob,

While your process works and Peter can view the sales information, he can't really interact with the data or from what it sounds like run reports over time, etc.

I'd like to suggest that you use an online service like Google Docs or really I'd suggest Zoho (zoho.com) to leverage an online spreadsheet that you can share, both be in at the same time, both have access to add or manipulate data (if you want that) and both be able to leverage the charting and reporting tools like pivot tables etc.

Not only will it be a lot cleaner, and you would not have to create an automated script, you can also take sections of the spreadsheets, documents, presentation, etc. And embed them into websites or other tools to leverage your data further... Also if someone else needs access to view or participate in the sheet, you simply set up the permissions and share the sheet with them, and revoke that access later if necessary.

Hope this helps,

Scott



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