Generating scenes and tours in a spreadsheet application

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer storage medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to
• detect selection of an option to create an auto tour,
• in response to detecting the selection of the option, create the auto tour by adding a scene to the tour, the scene comprising a view of data having data values, temporal information, an effect, and location information, the data comprising spreadsheet data obtained from a data source in communication with the apparatus, and
• save the tour as an updated version of the spreadsheet data.

A computer storage medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

• detect selection of an option to create a tour;
• in response to detecting the selection of the option, create the tour;
• generate a user interface comprising a further option to add a first scene and a second scene to the tour, the first scene and the second scene comprising a view of spreadsheet data having data values, temporal information, and location information;
• present the user interface;
• detect a selection of the further option;
• in response to detecting the selection of the further option, add the first scene and the second scene to the tour, generate a tour explorer window comprising a thumbnail corresponding to the first scene and the second scene, add an effect to the first scene and the second scene, add a transition between the first scene and the second scene, and present the tour explorer window;
• and
• save the tour.