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Password Protect a GSheet
Go beyond passwords. Google Sheets does not provide any feature to protect or encrypt your data within the spreadsheet, and the only available security measure is your Google account email ID and password.
Layer extends GSheets access management capabilities so you can ensure your files and specific data tabs or ranges can only be accessed by who you designate.
Why do you Need to Password Protect Your Google Sheet?
Data protection is on the rise and has become a concern to most online users.
If using Google Sheets is part of your daily routine, you will most likely be interested in learning how to protect your files from unauthorized access.
Depending on the sensitivity and confidentiality of the data you work with, you could save much more than only your time and effort.
Google Sheets Limitations When Protecting Your Data
With Google Sheets you have access to different ways to protect your data.
You can control who can view or edit your files, and protect individual sheets or cell ranges from being edited.
You can’t however protect them at the view level, meaning your entire file is exposed to everyone with the minimum level of permissions, which can lead to complex workarounds to split confidential/sensitive data from cleared data that can be should be accessed by everyone.
How to protect your Google Sheets data with Layer?
Layer works on top of any existing Google Sheets or Excel spreadsheet and offers the same access management features you can find in Google Sheets, but it goes one step beyond by providing you with a way to control who can see data in your spreadsheets.
No only that, Layer was designed with spreadsheet collaboration in mind: there’s no need for users to migrate their data into a new platform, since Layer works seamlessly with any spreadsheet file.
Apart from access management features, Layer gives spreadsheet owners the possibility to track and review changes before they impact any existing data, preventing
errors from creeping in, and also to revert back to previous versions of the same file, which is perfect for audit trails.
Not only that, with Layer you can assign tasks to different collaborators whenever you need their input on your spreadsheet.
You can then set them as recurring and also monitor who’s late or on time with their submission.
But there’s plenty more! Keep reading for a quick overview of what you can get with Layer.
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Protect Your Excel Files Like Never Before
Layer is a web app That Works on top of Your Existing Excel Files and Google Sheets.
Share parts of your spreadsheet, collect and consolidate data, and review changes to make collaboration seamless and more efficient while keeping full control over your data.
Manage Access
Work across filetypes and manage the access to your spreadsheets down to the cell level.
Grant Access Down to the Cell Level
Work Across Excel, GSheets or Layer Sheets
Add or Remove Co-Owners and Collaborators
Lock and Unlock Cells
Option to Require Sign In
Track and Review
Define, assign & monitor tasks. Keep discussions, actionable feedback, or context all in one place.
Highlighting and Color Coding
Revist and Revert Previous File Versions
Review, Accept or Reject Changes
Collaborate and Communicate
Spot changes quickly. Accept or reject them, keep previous file versions and restore them if needed.
Smart Chat
Contextual Activity History
Set Deadlines
Define and Assign Tasks
Track Task Progress
Success Stories
Leading companies worldwide use Layer to help them save time
on collaborative processes using spreadsheets.
Elliot Comite
Finance Lead
Using Layer as a core platform for sharing data and collaboration helped make our reporting workflows 10x faster. We get some of the same processes done in a tenth of the time.
Charlotte Kelly
FP&A Manager
Personally, Layer reduced my stress levels quite a lot. Overall, it improved the data collation aspect and significantly reduced the manual errors as a result of copying and pasting data between different spreadsheets.
Elliot Comite
Finance Lead
Using Layer as a core platform for sharing data and collaboration helped make our reporting workflows 10x faster. We get some of the same processes done in a tenth of the time.
Lasse Berens
Senior Finance & Controlling Manager
Layer saves us much time each month by partially automating the reporting process of portfolio companies. The companies appreciate the modern and intuitive design of Layer.
Charlotte Kelly
FP&A Manager
Personally, Layer reduced my stress levels quite a lot. Overall, it improved the data collation aspect and significantly reduced the manual errors as a result of copying and pasting data between different spreadsheets.
Cristian Stollberg
Director of Finance
We used to spend too much time requesting data inputs from different team members. With Layer, we can easily set up and schedule communication workflows for planning with clear deadlines and automated reminders.
Pierina Jiménez
Finance Controller Manager
Layer saves us the hassle of chasing people for data input and manually copying and pasting the data between different spreadsheets by streamlining the workflows and merging contributions, all in one place.
Benedikt Manigold
CFO
Running our data collection on Layer, enables traceable, secure collaboration across teams - it has pushed quantitative analysis to a new level.
Frederic Röper
Head of Finance
Layer changed collaboration projects in Excel from a dreadful, error-prone task into projects, which run themselves and thereby leaves more time for indulging in data analysis.
Doris Heilig
Accounts Receivable & Reporting
Layer saves our team time by easily splitting large amounts of spreadsheet data, sending them to their respective owners for input, and reassembling them in one place—all clearly and comprehensively.
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Finally you can Control the Access to Your Spreadsheets!
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