Introducing morphit -EUSPRIG 2013
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- 1. Biology Software that works Flexible and comprehensive
- 2. Introducing Morphit A New Type Of Spreadsheet Technology
- 3. About Us • Working with spreadsheets since 1989 – Population Dynamics – Environmental Physics – Pharmaceutical Research • Edge founded in 2005 – Guildford c. 20 employees – Morphit – BioRails © The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd 2013
- 4. Morphit Vision Provide a robust templating environment? © The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd 2013
- 5. New Spreadsheet Technology That… • Reduces error rates through enhanced worksheet structure • Reduces validation effort through field-level formulae • Supports Data Modeling in a spreadsheet environment © The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd 2013
- 6. Causes Of Error • Positional Referencing – Physical area related – Semantic/Extensibility • Intrinsically due to a lack of structure in the spreadsheet • Its all about the ‘cell’ © The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd 2013
- 7. Morphit Features • Formula Defined at Field level • Tables composed – Group Headers (groups of rows) – Field Headers • Tables are joined through – Field borrowing – Field linking © The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd 2013
- 8. Readability/Semantics © The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd 2013
- 9. Spreadsheet Solution =(E2/D2)*(F2/G2) © The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd 2013
- 10. Morphit Solution =('AUCinf PO'/'AUCinf IV')*('Dose IV'/'Dose PO') © The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd 2013
- 11. Field Level Formula • Improved readability • Does not require the explicit definition of named ranges for each instance of the input values © The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd 2013
- 12. Tables • Hierarchical spreadsheets composed of – Group Headers • Hierarchy (Group within Group) • Size (number of rows) • Define scope of formulae – Field Headers • Cell type (Formula, Chart, Statistic etc.) • Formula • Other properties © The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd 2013
- 13. Tables © The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd 2013
- 14. Tables - Which Means That… • Remove ‘Physical area mix up problem’ – Add rows & inherit formula etc. – Re-order fields – Not possible to miss-group • Validation is simpler – Field level, not cell level – Spot exceptions © The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd 2013
- 15. Table Linking • Most business problems do not resolve into a single hierarchical tree – It’s a forest not a tree! • Database Metaphor – Tables – Relationships © The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd 2013
- 16. Table Linking © The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd 2013
- 17. Table Linking • Years – Year based information – VAT Rate – Inflation • Price List – uses Years information – Inflationary Price Increases to Inventory • Invoices – uses Price List & Years information – Sale =Units*'Price List'!Price – VAT =Years!VAT*Sale © The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd 2013
- 18. Table Linking © The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd 2013
- 19. Table Linking • Access information from another through a ‘Key’ • Key is from linked field value – pseudo group – applies aggregation rules © The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd 2013
- 20. Linking © The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd 2013
- 21. Borrowing • ‘Pull’ entire fields from one table to another – Unique values from source field – Sorted • Link is established through borrowed field value © The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd 2013
- 22. Borrowing © The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd 2013
- 23. Benefits? • Error minimization • Simplify validation • Data Modeling – Improved comprehensibility – Increased Re-use • Increased Productivity • Faster Implementation • Lower maintenance burden © The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd 2013
- 24. Questions http://www.edge-ka.com/products/morphit © The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd 2013
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