A spreadsheet environment is utilized to interact with a multidimensional
data store associated with the enterprise planning session. In general, a
conventional spreadsheet application is extended to provide additional
functionality for interacting with the multidimensional data store
maintained by the enterprise planning system. Instances of the extended
spreadsheet application execute on a client computing device, and present
a user with a two-dimensional representation of a portion of the
multidimensional data store. For example, the extended spreadsheet
application may present user with a workbook that includes one or more
worksheets within which the user may view and update his planning data.
In this manner, the extended spreadsheet application functions as an
interface between two-dimensional worksheets maintained by the computing
devices and the multidimensional data store maintained by the enterprise
planning system.