The spreadsheet is the system of record, and pretending otherwise is why BI projects fail
Every company has a workbook that runs part of the business. The tooling that ignores it ends up unused.
The Dashful team
Sep 10, 2026Blog
Field notes on reporting
Notes on messy spreadsheets, the reporting work nobody asked for, and what it takes to trust a number on a dashboard.
The real test of a reporting tool is what happens next month
Anyone can build a chart from a file once. The question is what the second file costs you.
The Dashful team
Jul 29, 2026