The Competition is finished. Here's a list of Error Logs of all times .

Ultimate Error Logs
Author(s)	Excel 2003	Excel 2007	PDF	Rating
Saruba	Attachment: friendly_error_log_v2_by_saruba.xls [366.5 KiB] Downloaded 1085 times	Attachment: friendly_error_log_v2_by_saruba.xlsm [152.41 KiB] Downloaded 552 times
Saruba+Spoilt+Trianglock	Attachment: Awesome Error Log_V2.xls [1.28 MiB] Downloaded 1214 times	Attachment: Awesome Error Log_V2.xlsm [379.93 KiB] Downloaded 753 times
Spoilt	Attachment: GMATClub_Error_Log_V3.0.xls [569.5 KiB] Downloaded 189 times	Attachment: GMATClub_Error_Log_V3.0.xlsm [303 KiB] Downloaded 122 times
Trianglock	Attachment: Trianglock_GMAT Error Log-2.1.xls [1.62 MiB] Downloaded 440 times	Attachment: Trianglock_GMAT Error Log-2.xlsx [814.57 KiB] Downloaded 301 times
Mohater			Attachment: error log.pdf [24.49 KiB] Downloaded 375 times

To participate:
- Post and your work in this thread (as an attachment); please use a common file format; don't zip it unless you need/have to/ have multiple files
- Must be a free tool that does not violate any copyrights
- Must be a registered member 21 and older
- - Make your submissions by 8 PM Pacific Time on November 17, 2009


The winner will be determined based on:
- Features, Functionality, and Usability of the final product as judged by gmat club mods and admins
- Effort as judged by gmat club mods and admins
- Quality and professionalism of the template as judged by gmat club mods and admins
- Design and layout
- Member votes
- Simplicity (Apple iPod approach to design and usability)



Existing Error logs and resources you may want to use to create/revise your error log:
new-gmat-practice-grid-11448.html
all-about-the-error-log-11754.html
gmat-club-guide-to-the-gmat-official-guide-12th-ed-85956.html
error-log-template-online-68055.html
standardizing-error-taxonomy-template-added-84791.html
error-log-tool-8717.html
gmat-timer-56014.html



Disclaimer: by posting your work here, you agree to provide GMAT Club and its members a full free right to use your work in any way.

This is not a final version. It is just a draft version for GMATClub members.

I will include more functionalities to this excel, till then enjoy with this version.


Cheers!!!


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Thanks to bb, for good suggestion!!!

Added Monthly Report!!

Next version will include - Full Length Test Score analysis and some more reports.

Thanks.

By the way, I did a save as and was able to save it as 300kb file instead of 1MB - Office 2007 version though.

Thanks bb,

New Version of Error Log attached : I have protected source code of this excel till 17th Nov '09. I will provide final version with source code by 17th Nov '09.

I am unable to attach Office 2007 format file.

My bad - I added xlsm extension to the allowable list.

I think this is an awesome idea. Some people are very talented with excel, and some (like me are not). I think that everyone who submits a log into the competition should get kudos from whoever downloads it I know I will definitely give kudos to everyone who submits an error log in the competition. Thank you to all the excel wizards out there who can help me with my error log!!!

Thanks buddy,
you are right . I am not doing this for money but for free access to gmat club tests. Otherwise i would have waited till last day of competition to submit my error log.
I got my first kudos no this post from bb and it feels great, because atleast more kudos can get me access to that test . I won't regret my efforts but i regret my gmat score 620

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Bumping this thread - looking for more takers!

Sorry guys a bit busy

Attached new version 0.0.4

I would really like to receive suggestions from you. Please do not hesitate to send me PM, if you have some suggestion.

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Office 2007 file:

Updated version: 0.0.5

Added much needed button to clear log.
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Office 2007 file:

Here is my entry.


I created this Error Log to help in my own GMAT studying and the tools in it were features which were very helpful to me. I tried to keep it as simple as possible and to minimize the amount of inputs for the user but also provide maximum utility. I knowingly did not add functionality to analyze specific types of problems (algebra, arithmetic, percents, strengthen argument, etc) as I found the data entry needed to analyze the results was too time consuming. I felt that time could be better utilized elsewhere - like doing more problems. I also did not add any fancy macros as it has been my experience that sometimes those things can crash your program depending on your computer.

Instead I focused on creating something where you could quickly find the problems you should revisit based on a few criteria: 1) Accuracy; 2) Speed; and 3) Comfort Level with each answer. These were critical things to me as I obviously wanted to review problems I got wrong but I also wanted to review problems that took me too long to solve or questions where I might have just gotten lucky by guessing.

I hope many/someone out there find(s) it useful. If there are enough requests and it is easy enough I will try to provide a copy for Apple users (I own an Apple but I use the Windows side of it for all MS Office stuff - dont like the Apple versions of Excel or Word). The file is open for all to see the coding.

Updated version: 0.0.6

Improved performance. It's much faster now. More to come (I hope).

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Office 2007:

The error log I used for my prep.

Final version, it has gone through all the necessary QA.

Some really good posts. Good work guys!

Here is my contribution to this cool contest.

I focused on building a user-friendly and simple to use application , rather than cracking hundreds of functions. Honestly, an error log won't make you any better by itself, it only will tell you in which areas you must work harder and in which areas you are rocking the house. And that's what my proposal does, no more no less.

I used similar colors to those of GMAT Club in order to help people feel comfortable using it while they spend the hours cracking questions through the forums.

Finally, my gmat exam is TOMORROW(!) so I hadn't plenty of time to do this. It's not an excuse for the contest, rather a promise that I will make it better afterwards. Some areas that can get improved are:
1) More thorough database
2) CAT-Specific sections
3) Decent help section
4) You decide it!

When the contest ended I'll open a new ""official"" threat for those who will be using it and want to implement some improvements.

So that's it:

Friendly Error Log v1 by Saruba


*Several warnings prompted up when saving the 2003 version, I'm not sure if it'll work fine!

Thank you - these look really good.
10 hrs left until the deadline


Saruba - Good Luck on the GMAT!

And a very good contribution at that!

All the best!

Wow, sarubas work is really impressive, but I'm definitely going to check others out too

That's beautiful We all start with error logs like that and then, at some point, trying to make it sophisticated, we download fancy spreadsheets with macros...

Maybe it is all really redundant and everything you'll ever need is a bunch of good old A4s and pair of pencils, maybe... I don't have definite answer to that