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What can be a good alternative for Excel that works on Linux? Currently I need to use VBA, Solver, Analysis Toolpak charts. Moreover the alternative should read xls and xlsx files. Doesn't need to be free or open source.

Any recommendations? Thank you.

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[–] Turturtley@aussie.zone 10 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

A bit of an unusual suggestion, but i’ve replaced Excel with Python. I deal with large datasets anyway, so Python was arguably a better fit for what i do.

Packages to check out to see what is possible…

  • Streamlit = easy UIs, dashboards, and tables.
  • Pandas = dataframe handling, excel, csv ingestion
  • Numpy/Scipy = math
  • Sqlalchemy/pyodbc = DB connectivity
  • xlsxwriter = writing out to exls
  • DuckDB = in-memory joins/transformations locally between dataframes using SQL. Basically all the power of a relational DB without a DB server.
  • Plotly = graphing

Everything is in text files. Scripts are version controlled in git. Calcs happen super fast. I spend more time transferring data from DBs than waiting for the calcs to finish.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago
[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 19 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

LibreOffice. FOSS alternative.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 5 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

This is the obvious choice but I heard from accountants it can't replace excel yet entirely.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Those accountants are using excel like an infrastructure and they are not to be trusted. The only thing excel can do that libreoffice can't do is create a nightmare web of interdependent spreadsheets.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 2 points 5 hours ago

Isn't that more a case of them not knowing how it works or how to make new formulas etc, because they were all written by a guy called Tony who left the company in 2002, and everyone's been just using his templates and copy-and-pasting since?

[–] callcc@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Give it a try. Only you can judge for your use cases

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 10 hours ago

I use it for all things home office already but my personal uses cases are rather basic so it handles like a chad

[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 12 points 15 hours ago