9i OLAP Spreadsheet Addin Announced

Update on the 9i OLAP Spreadsheet Addin that was mentioned in a previous post.

Aneel Shenker has announced on OTN that a 9i OLAP Spreadsheet Addin will indeed be produced, and it's due for release in beta form in October 2003. Functionality will be similar to the Express Excel Addin (i.e. it'll feature a selector) but in the first release it will be read-only. This suggests that it's based on the BI Beans technology, which is also read-only at the moment, and has a ready-made selector in the form of the Query Bean.