Excel Ribbon Part Duex – I got a second wind!

For years, people have asked me to build a new ribbon to supplement Smart View that replicates the functionality I have in my Essbase Ribbon.  Multiple people have hacked into it and made it their own.  One company is selling it.  For that reason, I had zero interest in doing it again.  Time has passed, and here I am, building a ribbon.  It will again have common functions in one place, as well as some additional ones, like

• Copy a worksheet that includes all the Smart View settings and connection information
• HS Zapper function that will replace any cell with one of the HS functions with the value it returns for all you folks that use HSGet and its sister and brother functions.
• Template manager that will allow you to create/manage/update templates, whether they be complicated workbooks, or just starting points for a new adhoc
• A connection manager that will automatically log you in to an environment
  • Maybe a Shared Connection switcher to easily toggle environments
• A bulk copy/paste option that to put in the POVs
• Functions like retrieve with suppression, retrieve without suppression, so you don’t have to constantly change the options

This will not be written as a VBA addin.  It will be a full-blown DLL written in C# to optimize security and performance.  It will come with an installation process that will allow easy installation updates.

If you would like to be a beta tester, I am looking for 20-30 people.  If you are interested, send me a message through the contact option at In2hyperion.com.  I will include people up to the a limit to make it somewhat reasonable to manage feedback.  If you want to ensure inclusion, let me know ASAP.  It will be first come, first serve. It will be ready in weeks.

This is what you can expect as a starting point.