This paper defines auditing as the process of finding errors in completed spreadsheets. It is widely accepted that errors are prevalent in spreadsheets and that they can be extremely difficult to find. A number of audits of existing spreadsheets have been reported in the literature but few details have been given about how those audits were performed. Many different procedures have been recommended for auditing, including the use of test inputs, peer review, formula inspection, and sensitivity analysis of outputs. The authors report here a detailed, step-by-step auditing protocol they are developing and testing. The protocol uses two software tools (Spreadsheet Professional and XLAnalyst) to assist the auditor in locating potential errors.
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