Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Scott Walter Bishel

Eran Megiddo

Liviu Asnash

Dan Y Khen

Eric Friedrichsen

Dan Battagin

Stephen Van De Walker Handy

Leif Christian Brenne

Ian Michael Dunmore

Peter Birkedal Peterson

George R Shaver

A workflow includes an activity that takes advantage of spreadsheet calculations. For a spreadsheet activity, calculation and extraction of values from a spreadsheet is performed. Thus, spreadsheet calculations are integrated into workflows without user intervention. After the workflow is complete, or after a spreadsheet activity is calculated, or upon a threshold or condition being met, a user or system may be notified (e.g., by email, instant message, etc.). Values from previous activities in the workflow may be obtained and provided to the spreadsheet (e.g., cell values are set, modified, or adjusted). The spreadsheet may then be recalculated using these obtained values. Moreover, values from the spreadsheet may be used in subsequent parts of the workflow. Also, any number of spreadsheet activities may be incorporated into a workflow, and one spreadsheet activity may provide values to a second spreadsheet activity in the workflow.

Spreadsheet cell-based notifications

A user interface programmed to create a digital dashboard includes a dashboard workspace including one or more zones, and a dashboard elements area including a plurality of dashboard elements. A dashboard element of the dashboard elements is dragged and dropped onto one of the zones to add the dashboard element to the digital dashboard.

Dashboard editor

A workflow includes an activity that takes advantage of spreadsheet calculations. For a spreadsheet activity, calculation and extraction of values from a spreadsheet is performed. Thus, spreadsheet calculations are integrated into workflows without user intervention. Values from previous activities in the workflow may be obtained and provided to the spreadsheet (e.g., cell values are set, modified, or adjusted). The spreadsheet may then be recalculated using these obtained values. Moreover, values from the spreadsheet may be used in subsequent parts of the workflow. Also, any number of spreadsheet activities may be incorporated into a workflow, and one spreadsheet activity may provide values to a second spreadsheet activity in the workflow.

Spreadsheet calculation as part of workflow

The present invention provides a system by which a user can define datasets and arrange those datasets into report sections. The reporting sections have a format that is user defined, and the report sections can be easily reused on different reports.

System for designating grid-based database reports

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Redmond, WA, United States of America

Scott Walter Bishel