
Mk. Ultra - Comprehensive Guild Management Spreadsheet


Spreadsheet Overview
Basics
Public Test Version
Usage
Updates HOW-TOs FAQ
Credits



At its core, the spreadsheet will share data between tabs, basing itself around the initial Roster tab. The populated Roster tab will provide player data for all drop-down menus, and as a basis for all calculations across the sheet. The goal is to automate as many administrative tasks as possible, while still keeping the day-to-day operations as transparent as possible for members. It is highly recommended to protect most of the available sheets so that only guild officers have direct access to them, while still leaving them view-able by members, to ensure better oversight; notably in regard to loot distribution.
- Roster
- Data
- Guild Info
- Master Crafters
- Loot Distribution
- Compare
- Signups
- Raid Composition
- Attendance
- MC Assignments
- MC
- BWL
- AQ40
- Naxx
- WBs
- Ony
- ZG
- AQ20
- Guide

The Roster is intended to be filled out by regular members in the following segments "Basic-, Class-, Crafting-, PVP-, Attunement- and Misc Info". The information can be sorted in whatever ways wanted, but by class gives the best overview. As soon as a member selects a class, the Roster will automatically assign them a corresponding colour, officers will however need to manually sort the sheet with regular intervals to keep things tidy.
A last segment of the Roster is the Officer Info, this is reserved for displaying special functions within the guild or to relay short information bits. The segment also has a tick box for gear checks, to provide an easy overview for Loot Councils if a player has adequately prepared for raiding, but pre-raid gearing. How this is approached in effect, is up to the individual guilds.
By default, the sheet supports up to 500 members in its current iteration,and faction specific versions are available.
Common Questions.
What is Gear Check?


Siphoning information from the Roster, the Data sheet provides easy oversight of the guild composition, this is mainly a neat feature, but is also useful for guilds setting specific roster targets, for recruitment purposes. Socials will not be counted in this overview, so they will not interfere with target values, if listed on the roster.
Set Targets can be adjusted to suit your specific recruitment needs.

The Guild Info sheet is a manually filled out sheet, typically locked to the GM, who can provide the guild with a strategic overview of the management core, and their responsibilities. The page can be adjusted to suit whatever heirachy is in effect for respective guilds, and is essentially a (highly recommended to use) playground that you can adjust as you see fit.

To easier facilitate member crafting needs, with member crafting capacities, the sheet also includes a Master Crafter list, these are your typical (tho by no means comprehensive) lists of desired items and services, that might be required in endgame settings. This tab can easily be expanded as you see fit.
The drop down lists on the sheet, are automatically populated based on roster list, and will be displayed in the order of your choosing (e.g. how you have your Roster sorted)

The Loot Distribution sheet is a locked sheet, that automatically imports guild members from the Roster Sheet, and performs automatic and instantaneous counts these usernames, in the following Raid Specific Sheets. The entire process serves to provide transparency to members, and to assist the Loot Council in handing out loot more fairly. As per Version 1.5 the Loot Distribution has been heavily expanded, and now provides an overview of Gear Check Status, Seniority, Attendance and additional loot statistics.

For more detailed oriented decision-making, it is possible to load up to four members into the Compare tab, here all the specific data is provided and a easy overview is attached in support.

Members with access to the sheet, can use the Signups tab to mark themselves ready for raiding. Declines are automatically assumed when a member chooses not to sign up.
Below is also the option for setting players MIA, providing an easy overview of who is extensively unavailable.

The Raid Composition tab is fed by the Signups tab, pulling available members to the Selector Overview, where Raidleaders can select the current raid force. The system is flexible, meaning that Raidleaders can build the raidgroup using building blocks from the Selector Elements. Each element provides a dropdown menu containing all signups from that specific class/spec combo. As the raid group and standbys are selected, the Export List will become populated with member data, this needs to be copied onto the attendance sheet for registering the group. The Export list will have grey markings when it moves into the standby segment.

From the Raid Composition tab, the Export list can be used as a basis for attendance tracking for successive raid-dates, this will feed the Loot Distribution tab with available data on number of raids and members attendance in such raids.

The assignment tab is a complex overview of typical raid functions, names can easily be found through dropdown lists containing the signup names, but can also be modified to automatically assign each specific slot a direct function, this does however require the guild to operate with standard raid configurations at all times.

Raid Specific sheets can be found for all available raids and world bosses, and all feed the Loot Distribution sheet to grant an overview of allocations.
For each raid, all viable drops, from all bosses and trash, is listed in the overview. generic blues, crafting recipes and similar are not supported as they tend to be handed out in a slightly different context than raid quality epics.
Data entry is suggested as locked to Officers and Privileged Users, and works by selecting a raid date by double-clicking in the date selector cells, and picking the raid date. As items drops through the course of the raid, the Loot Council can assign names to the items, as they are distributed, using an automatically populated list of members, much akin to the one under Master Crafters. Each time a name appears in these cells, will be credited to the Loot Distribution sheet.










Ensure that Player Names, Gear Check and Join Date are filled out properly

Select the appropriate date and raid

Ensure that your members are aware of the signup needs, and that they do in advance of your raid-planning.

Data in the overview should correspond to your Signups

Adjust the force composition to your demands; if you maintain a standard approach you can simply leave the tab as is, and just clear the signups when the raid is over.

Drop down menus easily enables you to select viable members for your raid group; you can mark them off in the Selector Overview if needed to keep track.

An extra check can save you a lot of trouble

The list contains all selected members in the Raid Force, e.g. your Raid Group + up to 20 Standbys


Select the appropriate date, and CTRL+SHIFT+V to paste your export list to the attendance tracker, this tab will feed your loot distribution overview with data. This tab can manually be adjusted, if needed.

Select Debuffs for your 16 available debuff slots. Select Raid Date, Select members responsible for world buffs, and dousing runes.

Assign players using the drop-down menus to specific tasks, and assign these players to debuff slots as required.

Add items as you go, should you have duplicate items that are not raid-rolled, then the sheet should support adding additional rows tho with the new compare feature, this is increasingly hard.
I also highly recommend that you only log Main Spec loot (BiS/Major+Minor Upgrades) and entirely ignore PvP+OS items, this gives you a more fair overview when performing loot distribution tasks, as values are relatively 1:1.

This tab is fed with available raid data based on your entries.

For increased detail in hard-to-decide scenarios, you are encouraged to load up, up to four members in direct comparison, providing more details and a faster overview of viable factors.

Please do not request access to this version, request it as described below!!

The standard configuration for the use of Mk. Ultra, is to host a spreadsheet copy on your own google drives, and thus personally managing permissions, protections and the likes; it is technically possible for me to host it for guilds that prefer it, but with over a hundred guilds opting for the decentralized option of hosting it themselves, then this is by far the most convenient method for me to stick with.
To get the sheet, you will have to reach out to me and provide me with some basic information, as listed below.
Guild Name:
Faction:
Server:
Major (Professional) Streamers in guild? Y/N
Professional (Paid/Sponsored) guild? Y/N
Can I publicly list you as sheet users? Y/N
Would you like me to inform you of future updates Y/N
Contact Email (Google Docs/Drive connected):
Did you read and understand the limitations on sharing and usage?: Y/N
This information can be sent to me through pm here , via PM on Reddit or via discord Xcellers#1681 BUT PLEASE, use only a single point of contact!
It should be noted, that this is a non-profit service, intended for non-profit guilds and organisations, with no commercial interests. Furthermore, usage is personal and guild tied, and it is requested that you or your guilds do not share it with third parties.
Furthermore, I have to stress out the fact that I do expect users to follow the basic instructions provided, especially when involving the live versions of the sheet, that is accessed by hundreds of guilds, new and old. There has been a number of cases of unintentional vandalism, and what looks to be intentional sabotage on the sheets, which is totally unacceptable - I have poured hundreds of work hours into this project, and it leaves a sour taste when I have to recover/fix these easy-to-avoid issues, and when I have to spend my time sending out warnings for this kind of behaviour.

Version 1.2
The first update to the sheet has been deployed on 13.08.2019 - updating both Alliance & Horde versions to 1.2 and provides a fix to social members being counted in the recruitment targets on the Data sheet. Subscribers to updates has already received update info + guide, people who have opted out can request it via available channels, or simply copy over to the new version.
Version 1.3
The second update to the sheet has been deployed on 14.08.2019 - this update is a per request update for larger guilds, for whom the 100 member cap is too little, the sheet has now been increased to 500. Subscribers to updates has already received update info + guide, people who have opted out can request it via available channels, or simply copy over to the new version.
Version 1.4
The third update to the sheet has been deployed on 18.08.2019 - this update fixes a minor issue on Loot Distribution where the titles for the Ony/WBs had been switched around, it also adjusts the Master Crafter tab adding/removing a number of items. Subscribers to updates has already received update info + guide, people who have opted out can request it via available channels, or simply copy over to the new version.
Version 1.5
The fourth update to the sheet has been deployed on 25.08.2019 - this is a major update to the Mk. Ultra, adding in four new tabs; Signups, Raid Composition, MC Assignments and Attendance, and further, adding new functionalities to the Roster and Loot Distribution tabs. This update covers the most requested feature for the sheet, and should hopefully provide a firm basis for guilds to launch their endeavours into the Molten Core.
Version 1.6
The fifth update to the sheet has been deployed on 25.10.2019 - this is a complex quality of life update, adding improved tools for loot councils for comparing 1-4 candidates for a specific item, it further adjust attendance to be based on raids-since-join-date and adds a lot of minor improvements to the sheet.

Edit Ranks
Should the default ranks not suffice for your guild composition, then you can easily edit the rankings as below, and repopulate your roster with suitable rank levels. This will impact rank calculations across the rest of the sheet, so you will have to adjust formulae to facilitate this change. NB. If you edit ranks, you will manually have to update the COUNT BOX formula on the DATA tab to accept your new values
Recover Class Icons
Should you, for whatever reason, find yourself in need of Class Icons for the Guild Info tab, then a backup has been conveniently hidden, a few scrolls down. The icons are copy/paste friendly so adjusting the page to your own needs should be easy.
Adding Week Numbers to Raids/Attendance
If you wish to add week numbers to any of the dated fields in the sheet, such as Raids or Attendance, then you can use the following approach to add this feature. Sadly the default display value will neither be blank or zero, but instead be 52; this can be circumvented by setting up to hide but will effectively also hide this week for any raids during late December, so i do not recommend that.

Adding profession specialisations
The initial versions of the sheet does not distinguish between the two blacksmithing specialisation in arms and armour, this has been hot fixed in relations to the version 1.5 deployment, but guilds using older versions can follow this guide to update the Roster tab to reflect this change.

Alchemy,BS(Armour),BS(Weapon),Enchanting,Engi(Gnomish),Engi(Goblin),Herbalism,LW(Tribal),LW(Elemental),LW(Dragonscale),Mining,Skinning,Tailoring
Switching to Simple Attendance Tracking instead of Raid Builder mode
Not all guilds maintain an interest in using the complex attendance tracking attached to the raid group builder, for those, a simple fix can be implemented to add drop-down menus to the attendance list.

Roster!A3:A502
Adjusting Time Formats
Go to File > Spreadsheet Settings
Select appropriate Locale and Timezone
Save Settings

Cleaning up Unused Tabs
The sheet comes prepared for incoming phases and contains features that are redundant for certain guild settings, this means that certain sheets will just take up space and be eyesores. As deleting anything is likely to fuck things up grandly, then you can simply hide (and later recover) tabs a your leisure.

Hotfix the Compare Tab
The Compare tab provides a on-the-fly comparison tool for loot councils, but is rather sensitive. A large number of these issues are due to the code going out of bounds, which can be easily fixed.
Old Code/Cell B+C13
Code: Select all
=IF(ISERROR(INDEX(MC!$A$5:$A$166,SMALL(IF($A$3=MC!$B$5:$Z$166,ROW($A$1:$A$134)),ROW(MC!1:1)),1)), " ",INDEX(MC!$A$5:$A$166,SMALL(IF($A$3=MC!$B$5:$Z$166,ROW($A$1:$A$134)),ROW(MC!1:1)),1))
Code: Select all
=IF(ISERROR(INDEX(MC!$A$5:$A$200,SMALL(IF($A$3=MC!$B$5:$Z$200,ROW($A$1:$A$200)),ROW(MC!1:1)),1)), " ",INDEX(MC!$A$5:$A$200,SMALL(IF($A$3=MC!$B$5:$Z$200,ROW($A$1:$A$200)),ROW(MC!1:1)),1))

If you experience issues with the associated dates, then changing the 100+ values to 200 should also work











Class Icons, Courtesy of WowPedia
Compare Coding, Lidlwalker from Odobenus Rosmarus, Firemaw EU
Attendance Coding, Chumppi from Seven Sins, Golemagg EU
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A comprehensive tool for guild managers maintaining rosters & loot distribution in LC based guilds


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Happy to see the big Mk. Ultra guide made it live after the patch, for those not using it, it has been heavily updated across a handful of content updates, and now has a whole lot of added support for attendance tracking, raid management and added metrics for loot council decision making.
If you aint already on Mk. Ultra, then i highly recommend taking a look at the features and seeing if its a match for your guild!
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Thanks @Caperfin means a lot, coming from someone so invested in the community!
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A comprehensive tool for guild managers maintaining rosters & loot distribution in LC based guilds


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Update/added guide: Switching to Simple Attendance Tracking instead of Raid Builder mode
|Paladin|Firemaw EU-PVP|
A comprehensive tool for guild managers maintaining rosters & loot distribution in LC based guilds


Vault of the Silverhands, A Gear Primer for Holy Paladins
A progressive and customisable item, enchant and buff overview for Holy Paladins


|Paladin|Firemaw EU-PVP|
A comprehensive tool for guild managers maintaining rosters & loot distribution in LC based guilds


Vault of the Silverhands, A Gear Primer for Holy Paladins
A progressive and customisable item, enchant and buff overview for Holy Paladins



|Paladin|Firemaw EU-PVP|
A comprehensive tool for guild managers maintaining rosters & loot distribution in LC based guilds


Vault of the Silverhands, A Gear Primer for Holy Paladins
A progressive and customisable item, enchant and buff overview for Holy Paladins


Thanks a bunch @teebling its about 10 times as many as i anticipated back when i decided to let it go beyond my own guild at the time, so its quite something!
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A comprehensive tool for guild managers maintaining rosters & loot distribution in LC based guilds


Vault of the Silverhands, A Gear Primer for Holy Paladins
A progressive and customisable item, enchant and buff overview for Holy Paladins


This spreadsheet is extremely well done and in depth. It's not insanely hard to pick up on either! Thanks again for the hard work

Really happy to hear that its been a match for you guys @iiuseless - if you come across any issues, dont hesitate to let me know so we can get them ironed out!
|Paladin|Firemaw EU-PVP|
A comprehensive tool for guild managers maintaining rosters & loot distribution in LC based guilds


Vault of the Silverhands, A Gear Primer for Holy Paladins
A progressive and customisable item, enchant and buff overview for Holy Paladins


Hey Xcellers,
Great work, spreadsheet is looking better and better with every update. Sent you a PM with some questions.
Cheers!

Happy to hear you guys are enjoying it @Ken!
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A comprehensive tool for guild managers maintaining rosters & loot distribution in LC based guilds


Vault of the Silverhands, A Gear Primer for Holy Paladins
A progressive and customisable item, enchant and buff overview for Holy Paladins


Great resource for guilds! Many thanks @Xcellers!
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Much appreciated man, just happy to assist the community tbh!
|Paladin|Firemaw EU-PVP|
A comprehensive tool for guild managers maintaining rosters & loot distribution in LC based guilds


Vault of the Silverhands, A Gear Primer for Holy Paladins
A progressive and customisable item, enchant and buff overview for Holy Paladins

Received a copy today, and after playing around a bit in it, I can say it's very much what I was looking for. Even though we don't run loot council, the loot tabs are still useful for general overview.
And I especially love the visualization that the Data tab provides.
Much thanks to the creator!!

Really happy to hear that man, and as always its really just my pleasure to assist the community a bit!gibzy wrote: ↑5 years agoReceived a copy today, and after playing around a bit in it, I can say it's very much what I was looking for. Even though we don't run loot council, the loot tabs are still useful for general overview.
And I especially love the visualization that the Data tab provides.
Much thanks to the creator!!
|Paladin|Firemaw EU-PVP|
A comprehensive tool for guild managers maintaining rosters & loot distribution in LC based guilds


Vault of the Silverhands, A Gear Primer for Holy Paladins
A progressive and customisable item, enchant and buff overview for Holy Paladins


|Paladin|Firemaw EU-PVP|
A comprehensive tool for guild managers maintaining rosters & loot distribution in LC based guilds


Vault of the Silverhands, A Gear Primer for Holy Paladins
A progressive and customisable item, enchant and buff overview for Holy Paladins

Hey - I've been having a great time using your spreadsheet and the guild is impressed and thankful as well.
The only two things that are worth to mention in regards to changes:
1. There is no DPS paladin sign up.
2. For the Loot Distribution tab - I don't know if there is a way already to fix my situation but, New recruits that join and get added to the roster, their join date is already past the last 2 raid days - but they show up as 33% attendance even though it was their first raid today. I've been trying solve it myself but cannot see if there is already a Function to track Guild member raid attendance based on their join date. Feels if this keeps going I will have member who join on the 20th raid and will have to work with 5% attendance on day one.
There's a few other small details but it's not something that I could not change myself.
The spreadsheet is absolutely amazing regardless, Thanks.
1 Day in the guild - 1 Raid attended (3 Total Raids) - 33% Attendance - Example
Hello! Thank you Xcellsers. I just got into it and I'm setting it up for my guild. This is exactly what I was looking for to help manage my guild.
Thanks again!

Thank you so much for the support guys, hope you are thoroughly enjoying the sheet!
Hey man,Schmoopy wrote: ↑5 years agoHey - I've been having a great time using your spreadsheet and the guild is impressed and thankful as well.
The only two things that are worth to mention in regards to changes:
1. There is no DPS paladin sign up.
2. For the Loot Distribution tab - I don't know if there is a way already to fix my situation but, New recruits that join and get added to the roster, their join date is already past the last 2 raid days - but they show up as 33% attendance even though it was their first raid today. I've been trying solve it myself but cannot see if there is already a Function to track Guild member raid attendance based on their join date. Feels if this keeps going I will have member who join on the 20th raid and will have to work with 5% attendance on day one.
There's a few other small details but it's not something that I could not change myself.
The spreadsheet is absolutely amazing regardless, Thanks.
1 Day in the guild - 1 Raid attended (3 Total Raids) - 33% Attendance - Example
Thanks for all the feedback, the exclusion of a number of niche class/spec combos is actually intentional as I provide more of a "baseline" version that is suitable for as many guilds as possible, so with stuff like this then it might take a bit of customisation to make it fit perfectly to individual guild needs. If there is enough requests for it, then I can naturally provide some guidelines on how to approach this.
Regarding attendance, then yeah this is a bit of an issue, and it is something that I am trying to address in the next quality of life update to the sheet, so hopefully i can provide a workaround update that includes this fairly soon!
|Paladin|Firemaw EU-PVP|
A comprehensive tool for guild managers maintaining rosters & loot distribution in LC based guilds


Vault of the Silverhands, A Gear Primer for Holy Paladins
A progressive and customisable item, enchant and buff overview for Holy Paladins
