There are times when you include HTML tables in your webpages or blog posts. If one of your visitors wants to capture that information, there are a couple of options available to them (and you). First, they can select, then paste the data into Excel. This assumes they have Excel locally - which isn't always a roadblock because they can fire up an Excel sheet in their free OneDrive account. A second option is for you to provide that data in an Excel spreadsheet, and place a download link somewhere on your page.
I think we can all agree that copy and paste isn't the best experience for your visitors. We can also surely agree that it's a nuisance to have to duplicate the data, save it in a spreadsheet on your own OneDrive, set up a public link, etc...
What's easier than all that, and delivers a surprisingly excellent interface for exploring the data? It's what the Excel team calls "Excel Interactive View". I have no doubt that the first time you click on the button below, you'll be as shocked (pleasantly) as I was when I saw it first. Don't take my word for it, explore yourself:
Year | Main Conference Attendees | Precon Attendees | Source |
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2012 | 3894 | 1717 | http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121107006865/en/PASS-Summit-2012-Kicks-Record-5600-Registrations |
2011 | 3492 | 1616 | http://www.sqlpass.org/summit/2011/Live/News/Partner25.aspx |
2010 | 2814 | 993 | http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20101109005927/en/PASS-Summit-2010-Opens-Record-Registrations |
2009 | 2200 | 798 | http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/steve_jones/2009/11/03/pass-summit-2009-wayne-snyder/ |
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