Abstract: Live editing a workbook with multiple clients including receiving, by a workbook manager from a first workbook client, a first workbook patch comprising a base version ID and a first workbook edit; determining, by the workbook manager, that the base version ID from the first workbook patch matches the version ID for a confirmed workbook on the workbook manager; applying, by the workbook manager, the first workbook edit to the confirmed workbook on the workbook manager; advancing, by the workbook manager, the version ID for the confirmed workbook; and sending, by the workbook manager, an acknowledgement of the first workbook patch to the first workbook client.

Abstract: Live editing a workbook with multiple clients including receiving, by a table manager, a request by a first client on a first client computing system to edit a workbook in an exploration mode that displays edits to the workbook without altering the workbook; receiving, by the table manager from the first client, an exploration edit targeting the exploration of the workbook; applying, by the table manager, the exploration edit to the exploration of the workbook; and presenting, by the table manager to a second client on a second client computing system, the application of the exploration edit to the exploration of the workbook.