The problem with dashboards and reports is that decision makers need to see and feel the data.
In our recent JEDAS upgrade, we launched spreadsheet provenance — where reports come packaged with Excel or Google Sheet references for every table behind a chart.
It means decision makers can buy not just the answer, but the reasoning.
Spreadsheets are still the native language of analysis.
They let people trace how numbers connect, adjust assumptions, and re-run logic in their own hands.
When that transparency is built in, people stop questioning the data and start discussing the implications.
The goal may be to replace dashboards, but not to replace reports. But we need to give them lineage.
When every chart links back to a live, inspectable sheet, context survives contact.
And that’s how trust is built: one cell at a time.