Development of our new product, LiveDataset, has been full-on over the last few months. LiveDataset has emerged from our R&D labs and is being actively used to help firms gather and manage organized information.
I will quickly summarize the progress that has been made here, but for more frequent and detailed updates please see the LiveDataset Blog.
Use Cases
There are many ways LiveDataset can be used to gather and manage information in a large business. LiveDataset can help wherever information needs to be shared between lots of people, this might be part of a business process or a one-off exercise. It might be used alongside a full-blown IT application or replace some spreadsheets – there are numerous ways to use LiveDataset.
To illustrate the ways different businesses are gathering and sharing information, we have prepared a series of use cases that show fictionalized examples of the problems LiveDataset is solving.
| Use Case | Problem being Solved | |
|---|---|---|
| Project Risks | Urgently need status and risk information from hundreds of projects. | Read |
| Merging IT Systems | During a merger, both IT teams need to share IT information in a controlled way. | Read |
| Slicing Chocolate | Marketing data is held in hundreds of spreadsheets. | Read |
| Sales Forecasting | Need a simple lightweight process for managing forecasts. | Read |
Development
Our product manager for LiveDataset has been regularly sharing a development diary where he regularly posts updates as new features and capabilities are released along with the thinking behind the development process.
Progress has been exciting, and by standing back and reading the development diary, it is fascinating to see how new features come together to deliver powerful functionality. The pace of development has been fast and consistent, being launched just 6 months after development started.
Here is a quick summary showing progress over the last few months as recorded in the development diary.
| Update | Highlights | |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | User interface is redesigned without tabs. Filters are introduced |
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| #2 | Tags were added and simple views | Read |
| #3 | Views could be used to flexibly control access Change history could now be seen |
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| #4 | Views could now be filtered System-generated metadata could be seen |
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| #5 | Columns pinning and grouping was added Files attachments were included |
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| #6 | Uniqueness across multiple columns implemented Changes by users could now be revert |
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| #7 | Columns can be created as a calculated field Datasets can be aggregates of other datasets |
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Here is a quick glimpse to show what LiveDataset looks like for users.
①View ②Tag ③Filter ④Grouping ⑤Calculated
Please visit the LiveDataset website for more information.