Entity view in a document

tldr: embedding ≠ integrating

I wasn’t trying to suggest that Fibery can do everything that a spreadsheet can do, not even close. But when we talk to users about what they use Google sheets for (in a work management context) it is often something that can already be done in Fibery. Hence…

However, for the cases where a spreadsheet is the right tool for the job, embedding a view of a Google sheet is totally different to integrating/syncing with it.

What is gained by implementation of the former? Yes, it probably means that a user can work on a sheet from within a Fibery document (compared with switching browser windows) but it provides no real ‘connectivity’ between the two data silos.

On the other hand, I can see much more value if Fibery were capable of syncing data from Google sheets (like it can with Airtable).
Then a user can user can utilise the spreadsheet format when appropriate, and leverage the results from within Fibery (presented if necessary in a Fibery document using embedded table view or report view).

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