Working with Excel's New Data Types Microsoft has started to roll out a new feature that promises to turn Excel into a much more valuable data-surfacing tool than ever before. Here's how it works ...

To allow customers work with their own data as a data type, Microsoft is overhauling Excel. While Microsoft has already added dynamic arrays and few custom stocks and geography data types, the ...

Microsoft is finally giving businesses what they really want: data types based on their own customer data.

Microsoft is expanding is spreadsheet software with the addition of a new API which will allow developers to create their own custom data types in Excel. Countless solutions have been built in ...

Microsoft is overhauling Excel with the ability to support custom live data types. Excel users have been using Microsoft’s spreadsheet tool for decades to import, organize, and analyze data, but ...

Microsoft on Thursday announced some Excel and Power BI enhancements that add 'connected data types' on top of the standard strings and numbers options.

Microsoft is rolling out a major update to its spreadsheet software Excel that extends the supported pool of data types far beyond just numbers and text. In previous updates, the firm introduced ...

Based on Bing's intelligent search features, Excel's new data types help users compile their reports faster.

Microsoft is opening up Excel to developers with a new JavaScript API. It will let developers use custom data types like images, cards, and arrays.

Microsoft Corp. is enhancing its Excel spreadsheet software with two new “rich data” types that provides a better way to access information on companies and places.