NebulAnalysis

Integrate Microsoft Excel with MultiValue!

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NebulAnalysis is one of our most requested products. NebulAnalysis empowers your MultiValue system with the ability to remotely create, update, or delete Microsoft Excel documents, including charts! NebulAnalysis functions bidirectionally so that Excel can also trigger activity back to the MuliValue application.

NebulAnalysis is a development tool, not an end-user application, though end-users will certainly benefit when their use of Excel is expanded by integration with their business application. NebulAnalysis was designed to overcome obstacles inherent in some of the other MV-to-Excel solutions:

• Many of today's solutions allow one-way movement of data into Excel. NebulAnalysis allows seamless integration in both directions. 
• NebulAnalysis is not tied to any specific terminal emulation software. It will work with any terminal emulator, and in fact can be used by dumb terminals as well. 
• NebulAnalysis does not use the obsolete DDE interface technology. 
• Non-productized solutions have a lot of "down and dirty" code. Each new function added into such code is unique and the developer usually must re-learn how Excel works to effect a change. The end-user ultimately pays for the re-education and extended development time. NebulAnalysis allows full control of the entire Excel environment using a comprehensive API standardized with all other components in the Nebula suite for Microsoft Office. Any MultiValue developer can quickly and inexpensively read existing code and make enhancements with little knowledge of Excel or NebulAnalysis.
   
• NebulAnalysis allows complete control of Excel Workbooks, WorkSheets, and Charts. Other products were designed to create simple sheets or charts but not to enable control of the Excel environment.

We all know attractive reports sell business applications.
  NebulAnalysis is your "Ace in the Hole" for Creating those reports.

Combined with NebulaDoc to create Microsoft Word documents, NebulAnalysis can be used to generate attractive management reports. An Excel Chart is produced with NebulAnalysis and then added as an object into a report created with NebulaDoc. The report can then be exported into PDF. For final "icing on the cake", e-mail the report to appropriate managers via NebulaManager.

The library of functions (the API) for all Nebula components is constantly growing. For Excel, a one time installation of the NebulaSuite Windows component is all that is required.

To understand the value of NebulAnalysis, open up Microsoft Excel and ask yourself a few questions:

• What if you could execute an MV application program as part of the formula calculations in a spreadsheet, pulling data back into the sheet, and updating your MV database too? 
• What if a user could import or export data with a single mouse click? 
• What if decision makers could do "what if" scenarios with live MV data? 
• When someone wants to give your users data, wouldn't it be nice if they could get it in a standard format, like an Excel spreadsheet or CSV (comma delimited) file? 
• Have your customers asked for your application software to generate charts? 
• What about dynamically publishing reports, maps, or graphs to a web site, or faxing or e-mailing them on-demand? 
• Would interaction like this add value to your application? 
• How do management and financial decision makers use Excel? 
• Isn't the decision to buy (or keep!) your software made by management people who are only interested in the financial and reporting capabilities of your applications?

More than a Utility, this is a Package.

As the NebulAnalysis client/developer base grows, we will be offering additional "bonuses" to our users, including:

• Consultation from financial experts skilled in Excel reporting. Ask them how to best integrate Excel with your MV applications to appeal to CFO-level decision makers. 
• Free books and other document resources to advance your understanding of Excel and how it's used in the business world. 
• Free spreadsheet templates to incorporate into your own product offerings. 
• Free step-by-step examples for creating graphs, charts, and maps. 
• Free advice on which charts to use to profile specific types of data - important information which adds value to your products and may provide an edge in marketing.

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