What's changing at Swivel

Until now, Swivel Business has been focused on monitoring automatically updated time-series data. However, based on your stories, suggestions, and feedback, we've learned that we need to make some adjustments. So we're shaking things up a bit. Here's how Swivel Business is going to change.

What We've Learned

Most importantly, we've learned we need to make it easier for non-data experts to use Swivel.  With this in mind, we've made it super easy to upload data. You can now upload any Excel file into Swivel, or you can simply copy and paste data from your spreadsheet.

We've also realized that sharing data can be difficult, to say the least. Spreadsheets can be overwhelming to share with others, while slides are often too static.  And when you spend so much time formatting your data for sharing, you have less time to talk about the numbers and find insights. So, we're working on making it painless to share your data in a way that lets others explore and interact with it.

What's Changed

Swivel Business will continue to have the functionality you're used to if you're already using the product (for changes see our previous blog post).  You will be able to create reports, add notes to data sets, and share data within your workgroups.

However, starting today, we're adding a few new features that are indicative of our shift in focus: you can upload spreadsheets and create tables from them to share with your colleagues. We're still working on creating charts from spreadsheets, and adding charts and tables to reports. But we promise you, it will be worth the wait.

What's Next

We know it's a lot to take in, and it's a lot of work for us to do too.  So while we put our noses to the grindstone, Swivel is going to be in transition for a while.  Because this transition might be a bit rough, we are turning off billing for the time being.  We'll turn it back on when the product is ready, at a price more appropriate for the direction we're moving in.

If you would like to blog about Swivel Business during this time, please contact us.  We would be happy to talk with you and answer questions you have about the product.

Thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm for Swivel Business.  We've listened to your stories, your triumphs, and your woes about sharing data.  And we're building this product for you.  We'd love to hear your questions, concerns, and thoughts on the new direction.