in every organization I've worked in, its usually the exact opposite - spreadsheets are used to do analysis and create reports while the source data is coming from other systems (SAP, Salesforce, quickbooks, etc)
in every organization I've worked in, its usually the exact opposite - spreadsheets are used to do analysis and create reports while the source data is coming from other systems (SAP, Salesforce, quickbooks, etc)
(https://github.com/sensiblecodeio/databaker for the top-level project; https://github.com/sensiblecodeio/xypath for the library I created).
Get in touch if you're interested -- dave.mckee@gmail.com
that seems to change as an automation and IT culture starts to develop in an organization; interestingly, IT can sometimes be a barrier to data organization (too slow, cross-org costs etc) and cause people to continue to use CSV and excel.
fwiw - we built a service called "yukon data solutions" that solves these classes of problems for people trying to transition from CSV and spreadsheets into automated and reproducible analytics and reporting.
Also the context is bit different; research vs businesses