Spreadsheet Models for Managers
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you use Excel to model businesses, business processes, or
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Spreadsheet Models for Managers
| We’ll work with function macros only | 13/6 Session Links |
Usually, you have no choice about whether to use a function macro or a command macro. The task you want to perform determines whether you write a command macro or a function macro. But I’m often asked “Which is easier?” It’s a question whose answer is irrelevant to problem-solving, because the problem itself dictates whether you write one kind of macro or the other.
Nevertheless, I’m often asked which is easier. The answer isn’t simple.
Command macros are usually fairly simple conceptually, because they more or less capture in code a sequence of operations that you could perform with mouse and keyboard. And function macros are usually more sophisticated conceptually, because they often perform some rather complex mathematical computations. At the conceptual level, command macros are easier.
In implementation, however, command macros are amazingly difficult. Mastering the art of writing command macros requires mastery of a vast amount of knowledge about the Excel user interface. For example, if you want to paint a cell yellow, how would you do that? On the other hand, function macros tend to use a more limited range of VBA forms, and relatively less of the Excel user interface. Much less. Implementing function macros tends to require less knowledge of the Excel VBA environment. At the implementation level, function macros are easier.
It’s somewhat mysterious why people care about this, because you usually have no choice about which type of macro you need.
Last Modified: Wednesday, 27-Apr-2016 04:15:26 EDT
We focus on function macros in this course because they’re more likely than command macros to make a real difference in your facility with constructing models. For instance, when your customer wants to see result streams displayed as [Month1, Month2, Month3, Q1 Total, Month4, Month5, Month6, Q2 Total, …], you probably realize that such a layout makes copy/paste and fill very inconvenient. A macro can provide a simple means of producing the preferred layout from a more easily maintained pure month structure. It’s also easy to construct macros for running sums and running differences. Can you think of other applications for function macros that make your models easier to build and maintain?