> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://learn.nextedy.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Powersheet

> Excel-like traceability matrices with unlimited depth and cross-domain linking.

export const SUPPORT_TICKET_URL = "https://support.nextedy.com/support/tickets/new";

export const SUPPORT_PORTAL_URL = "https://support.nextedy.com";

export const LastReviewed = ({date}) => {
  if (!date) return null;
  const formatted = new Date(`${date}T00:00:00Z`).toLocaleDateString("en-US", {
    year: "numeric",
    month: "long",
    day: "numeric",
    timeZone: "UTC"
  });
  return <p className="mt-10 text-sm text-gray-400 dark:text-zinc-500 not-prose">
      Last reviewed on {formatted}
    </p>;
};

Welcome to the Nextedy POWERSHEET documentation. Powersheet is a hierarchical sheet extension for Siemens Polarion ALM that enables your team to build, navigate, and manage traceability matrices, risk analyses, task boards, custom workflows, and other structured data through configurable sheet configurations and data models.

## Quick Navigation

<Columns cols={3}>
  <Card title="Getting Started" icon="rocket" href="/powersheet/getting-started/index">
    Install Powersheet, set up navigation, create your first data model and sheet configuration, and build your first document.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Concepts" icon="file" href="/powersheet/concepts/index">
    Understand the architecture, model-driven design, entity types, relationships, and how configuration layers work together.
  </Card>

  <Card title="How-To Guides" icon="file" href="/powersheet/guides/index">
    Task-oriented guides for data model setup, sheet configuration, queries, server rendering, save operations, and customization.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Reference" icon="file-lines" href="/powersheet/reference/index">
    Complete YAML property reference for data models, sheet configurations, query API, field types, UI components, and example models.
  </Card>

  <Card title="FAQ" icon="circle-question" href="/powersheet/faq/index">
    Answers to common questions about configuration, licensing, data models, sheet setup, migration, and troubleshooting.
  </Card>
</Columns>

## Key Features

* **Configurable sheet views** acting as a standalone view on top of Polarion data
* **Data model** defining entity types, relationships, and cardinality in YAML
* **Hierarchical data navigation** via expansion paths across related entities
* **Column-level configuration** with formatters, pickers, and conditional styling
* **Multiple sheet configurations** per project with shared data models
* **Views** providing named column visibility presets for different analysis perspectives
* **Server-side rendering** via Velocity templates for computed properties
* **Save operations** with validation and constraint enforcement

## Documentation Structure

| Section                                              | Purpose                                       | Start Here                                                                |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Getting Started](/powersheet/getting-started/index) | Install and configure your first powersheet   | [Installing Powersheet](/powersheet/getting-started/installation)         |
| [Concepts](/powersheet/concepts/index)               | Understand architecture and design principles | [Powersheet Architecture](/powersheet/concepts/architecture)              |
| [Guides](/powersheet/guides/index)                   | Step-by-step task instructions                | [Create an Entity Type](/powersheet/guides/data-model/create-entity-type) |
| [Reference](/powersheet/reference/index)             | YAML properties and API lookup                | [Columns](/powersheet/reference/sheet-config/columns)                     |
| [FAQ](/powersheet/faq/index)                         | Quick answers to common questions             | [General FAQ](/powersheet/faq/general)                                    |

## Common Tasks

* [**Installing Powersheet**](/powersheet/getting-started/installation) -- Deploy the plugin and apply your license
* [**Creating Your First Data Model**](/powersheet/getting-started/first-data-model) -- Define entity types and relationships
* [**Creating Your First Sheet Configuration**](/powersheet/getting-started/first-sheet-configuration) -- Set up columns, sources, and views
* [**Add a Column**](/powersheet/guides/sheet-configuration/add-column) -- Configure a new column with binding path and formatter
* [**Configure a Relationship**](/powersheet/guides/data-model/configure-relationship) -- Link entity types with cardinality and link roles
* [**Create a View**](/powersheet/guides/sheet-configuration/create-view) -- Define named column presets for different perspectives
* [**Binding Syntax**](/powersheet/reference/sheet-config/binding-syntax) -- Understand dot-separated property paths for columns

<Note>
  Powersheet acts strictly as a standalone view on top of Polarion data. Approval-based review processes and embedded LiveDoc rendering are not supported.
</Note>

## Need help?

<Card title="Open a support ticket" icon="ticket" href={SUPPORT_TICKET_URL} cta="Open a ticket" arrow="true">
  Can't find the answer here? Open a ticket and the Nextedy support team will help you out.
</Card>

<LastReviewed date="2026-07-02" />