13. What do real-worldmanagers say about spreadsheet changes? We would obviously test and document any changes – But we haven’t amended anything this year. We always check the changes before release, but they’re not major enough to change the documentation
14. What happens when we talk to real-worldauditors about spreadsheet auditing?
15. What happens when we talk to real-worldauditors about spreadsheet auditing? We’ll always check the high risk spreadsheets, but the rest tend to get ignored – We’ll do them all some day. Realistically, we’d probably expect some smallunexplained variations in the final results
22. Formula maps A visual representation of a spreadsheet Standard spreadsheet view Formula view (R1C1 style, available in Excel) Formula map view (as processed by a formula map tool)
34. Original view (Formula map version) Text overwrites formula in C5, new formula in cell E5
35. DiffXL also stores some other basicdata about the structure. Altogether this means it can ascertain data and formula ranges that have been … Changed, Combined, Created, Deleted, Extended, Moved, Overwritten, Shrunk, Sorted or Split
37. DiffXL Considers a spreadsheet as a set of contiguous coloured rectangles
38. DiffXL Considers a spreadsheet as a set of contiguous coloured rectangles Looks at how the shapes & colours change
39. DiffXL Considers a spreadsheet as a set of contiguous coloured rectangles Looks at how the shapes & colours change And assigns the spreadsheet an appropriate change-risk metric
44. DiffXL analysis can be run …. Automatically during a file save or publish (SharePoint)
45. DiffXL analysis can be run …. Automatically during a file save or publish (SharePoint) As part of a monthly, quarterly or yearly checking process (Excel or SharePoint)
46. DiffXL analysis can be run …. Automatically during a file save or publish (SharePoint) As part of a monthly, quarterly or yearly checking process (Excel or SharePoint) Manually in Excel by a user, manager or auditor
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