Deepti Srivastava

Observable aims to make the end-to-end data-insights journey collaborative and efficient for cross-functional teams working with different types of data. We've recently added two new features to specifically address and streamline the end-to-end spreadsheet-based workflows: Cloud Files and xlsx pars

Observable

Spreadsheet-based data collaboration gets supercharged with Observable

New to Observable but have a background in Excel? This series is for you. 

Observable for Excel Users

Paul Buffa

Build your first scatterplot with Observable Plot

Ian Johnson

Curated datasets

Excel

Working With Data

Whether your data is hosted on the web, stored in a database, or saved in a local file, you can access it from Observable with these techniques.

Getting Data In and Out

Resources for working with SQL in Observable

We kept finding ourselves looking for good datasets to use to demonstrate, teach and discuss working with data. In our search we realized we'll never find the One True Dataset, so we started developing this collection of curated datasets. 

Staff Pick: Curated Data Sets

Datasets curated to be comprehensive and real, yet simple and friendly. Ideal for learning, teaching and web based demonstration of data analysis and visualization.