Method and apparatus for assembling a business document

A business document aggregation system comprising:

• a plurality of spreadsheets,
• wherein, at least one spreadsheet included in the plurality of spreadsheets is created by a first user using Microsoft Excel software;
• wherein the at least one spreadsheet is tagged with a category by the first user;
• wherein the at least one spreadsheet comprises at least one asset located within the at least one spreadsheet, said at least one asset comprising at least one of a chart, graph or other display of information created by the first user;
• a memory configured to store execution instructions, the plurality of spreadsheets and the at least one asset;
• and
• a processor coupled with the memory, the processor configured to execute the instructions, the instructions configured to cause the processor to:
• detect a creation, by a second user using Microsoft PowerPoint software, of a slide presentation tagged by the second user with the same category as the at least one spreadsheet from the plurality of spreadsheets;
• in response to the creation of the slide presentation, display an asset library to the second user, said asset library being tagged with the same category as the at least one asset created by the first user, said asset library including the at least one asset, said at least one asset being displayed in the asset library, based on metadata;
• provide a platform within the Microsoft PowerPoint software for the inclusion of the at least one asset created by the first user in the slide presentation created by the second user;
• and
• update, utilizing ReprEsentational State Transfer (“REST”) protocol, the at least one asset included in the slide presentation created by the second user:
• after information associated with the spreadsheet created by the first user has been altered;
• and
• after receiving an update request corresponding to the at least one spreadsheet by the second user.