A workbook sheet is one named tab inside a RankGear XLSX export — a single spreadsheet page that holds one focused view of a run’s data.
| Term | Workbook Sheet |
|---|---|
| Category | Reports, Workbooks and Exports |
| Also known as | Sheet, Spreadsheet Tab |
| Where it appears | Workbook |
What it means in RankGear
When a run finishes, RankGear can generate an XLSX workbook, and that file is divided into several sheets — the tabs along the bottom of the spreadsheet. Each of those tabs is a workbook sheet: a self-contained slice of the run, such as an opening summary, a column legend, per-factor detail, or a specific report section. Instead of stacking every column onto one enormous grid, RankGear splits the data across named sheets so each one answers a narrower question about the same analysis.
How to interpret it
Read the sheets in order of context, not left to right. Begin with the summary sheet and its legend — they define the columns and the scoring that every other sheet relies on — then follow into the supporting sheets for the detail behind each number. When you hand the workbook to someone else, keep the run’s metadata sheet intact so whoever opens it can see the settings the measurements came from.
Example
A completed page analysis produces a workbook whose first tab summarizes the target’s overall score, while later tabs break out individual factor groups and a legend tab spells out what each column means. You can send the whole file to a client and they can click between the summary sheet and the factor-detail sheet to trace a recommendation, all without opening RankGear itself.
Important considerations
- A sheet is a snapshot of one run at the settings that run used; compare like-for-like configurations, not sheets pulled from different runs or different targets.
- Formatting is presentation, not evidence — a highlighted cell or a chart on a sheet reflects the same underlying measurement and adds no extra weight to it.
- Provider metrics displayed on a sheet are comparative indicators relative to the analyzed set, not Google’s own scores; a strong value tracks the pattern among the competitors measured, it does not prove a page ranks because of it.
Related terms
Part of the RankGear glossary · how RankGear measures · the 870 factors.