Using a visual language to create better spreadsheets

Bas Jansen, Felienne Hermans

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Abstract

It is known that spreadsheets are error-prone. It is very diffcult for users to get an overview of the design of the spreadsheet, and this is causing errors. Furthermore users are not always aware of the best way to structure a spread- sheet and just start modeling. To address this we will build a visual language to develop spreadsheet models. This en- ables users to visualize the design of their spreadsheets. A spreadsheet generator will create the spreadsheet based on the specifications made with our visual language. During this process, best practices for structuring spreadsheets are automatically incorporated. There will be a bidirectional link between the model and the associated spreadsheet.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSEMS 2014: Software Engineering Methods in Spreadsheets
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the First Workshop on Software Engineering Methods in Spreadsheets
Pages48-51
Number of pages4
Volume1209
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event1st Workshop on Software Engineering Methods in Spreadsheets, SEMS 2014 - Delft, Netherlands
Duration: 2 Jul 2014 → …

Publication series

NameCEUR Workshop Proceedings
PublisherCEUR Workshop Proceedings
ISSN (Print)1613-0073

Conference

Conference1st Workshop on Software Engineering Methods in Spreadsheets, SEMS 2014
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityDelft
Period2/07/14 → …

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