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[โ€“] CoupleOfConcerns@lemmy.nz 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Honestly, since the introduction of 'tables', pivot tables, Power Pivot and Power Query, Excel is way more viable to be used as a database. Tables in particular mean that formulas fill down and the range automically resizes when records are added.

[โ€“] droans@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Iirc tables are actually treated similar to databases on the backend.