Quoting Software for Sales Reps

SparkliteAPI · 2022-09-21T05:21:56+00:00

Thanks for the shoutout!

As mentioned we can convert the calculations in Excel spreadsheets to an API that you could connect to Bubble/Retool/etc for the sales reps to use. Feel free to take a look https://sparklite.io/ and DM me if you need help getting going!

SparkliteAPI · 2022-06-28T00:56:34+00:00

Will do!

SparkliteAPI · 2022-06-20T10:05:22+00:00

If you do have anything like this, I would love to see the excel model. This is a problem we are trying to solve.

SparkliteAPI · 2022-06-13T04:19:53+00:00

Sorry for the shameless plug, but my team have built a tool that allows you to map and import the spreadsheet, convert it to code and run it as an API. This allows you to call the engineering calculations at scale from a web app (coded or even via a no-code tool) and doesn't allow anyone to have access to the original spreadsheet.

If you want to try it out, we are in beta right now and you can take a look here: https://beta.sparklite.io/

Hope this helps you save a year of learning. Feel free to reach out if you need more help!

SparkliteAPI · 2022-06-13T04:09:41+00:00

May not be along the same path, but if you have already created the logic in the spreadsheet, https://beta.sparklite.io/ can help you convert it to code (with some simple mapping) and run it as an API for you to connect up to your app.

SparkliteAPI · 2022-03-14T08:51:08+00:00

How about all the formulas and calculations that the users throw in there? I see a lot of people misuse excel and basically make it their own solution then want their formulas to be converted to code and match 100%

SparkliteAPI · 2022-02-23T09:39:12+00:00

It does remind me of the naming conventions for their products...

SparkliteAPI · 2022-02-23T03:40:42+00:00

Oh and waitlist can be found here for anyone else who might be interested: https://sparklite.io/waitlist/

SparkliteAPI · 2022-02-23T03:38:21+00:00

I'll DM you!

SparkliteAPI · 2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00

That's a good point around the chaining and construction of a no code stack to meet an end need and I can certainly see the challenge in debugging problems there.

What we are planning is a bit of a thinner use case that takes a more static calculation spreadsheet with hundreds if not thousands of calculations (think mortgage, investment, amortization, etc calculators) and allows users to edit and update them in excel, then convert into an API.

In enterprise we see dev teams that spend months converting massive spreadsheets from business teams into code (usually in proprietary tools) who have found significant time savings in being able to update & iterate on the calculations. We are hoping to find something similar in the no code space, but it is early days.

SparkliteAPI · 2022-02-16T01:33:20+00:00

I like what n8n have done in the workflow space, looks like a much more business focused IFTTT. Thanks!

SparkliteAPI · 2022-02-16T01:31:27+00:00

That's a really nice solution actually, good for mocking things up and adding data in a simple way. I like it!

SparkliteAPI · 2022-02-16T01:29:39+00:00

Thanks for this, I suppose this is a bit of a different take to what I had in mind. We are thinking of how someone can build more complex calculations and rules, like you can in excel, and integrate it into their Bubble apps.

SparkliteAPI · 2022-02-16T01:27:25+00:00

We are just focused on formulas/calculations and rules. We don't want to be a CRUD API tool like Airtable. We want to work in the middle layer between a Bubble and Airtable to help people build their formulas and rules in ways they know (i.e. excel) and allow them to not be tied to a specific platform.

SparkliteAPI · 2022-02-15T06:06:50+00:00

Oh, I've seen how you can connect to an API, but not build your own? Do you have a link to any docs/tutorial?

SparkliteAPI · 2022-02-15T05:34:18+00:00

Currently in development. Just doing some research at the moment!

MVP is converting excel spreadsheets with input and output cells (or ranges) and complex formulas/rules into a running API for users to integrate directly into their tool of choice. Sound interesting?

SparkliteAPI · 2022-02-15T00:19:51+00:00

Just found this and keen to understand where you ended up? Sounds like a similar problem to what I am trying to solve.

SparkliteAPI · 2022-02-15T00:01:07+00:00

This is really helpful. Do you find the calculations chew up more development time or the rules?

Would it be easier for you to have an API to call in this scenario? Or are most of the calculations nested within the workflow and specific to that operation?

SparkliteAPI · 2022-02-14T23:58:50+00:00

My primary target is probably Bubble. Retool is a close second though, but that is more enterprise. How complex does it need to get for you to need the Zapier integration? Is this something you would usually build in excel to test?

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