First of all I don't have any knowledge of SharePoint, but I do have a question you may be able to help me with because I think I'm getting the runaround from my IT department.
I'm in the process of developing an Excel workbook, which comprises of 10 or so sheets. One of these sheets is a summary table of data from the other sheets and I would like this to be viewed on a SharePoint page (or portal?)
All I want to show of this summary is the table itself, i.e. not the scroll bars, row or column titles or unused fields.
The (fairly lengthy and complicated) data in the spreadsheet is updated periodically - effectively the summary sheet is a table of 'Countif() functions, but is only about 10 columns by 10 rows) - and I'm not expecting the table to refresh everytime the data changes. I would, however, expect the table to be updated if a user leaves the page and return later, if there have been any changes. Similarly when clicking F5 or the refresh button in the browser. I don't want the other sheets to be visible, at all.
I understand the SharePoint server is remote from the rest of our other servers, so what I had considered was linking a single sheet Excel workbook on the SharePoint server with my department's server, but apparently this would be too complicated to set up. I'm beginning to get a whiff of buffalo doodoo.
I'm pretty good with Excel, Word and Access - and getting them to communicate together - and I thought SharePoint would offer similar functionality.
I don't mind being wrong, so some guidance from you guys would be appreciated :-)
Pete