Create an Excel Sales Dashboard With Claude (One Prompt)

With one detailed prompt, Claude can build a complete sales dashboard inside Excel: a helper column, five PivotTables, five formatted charts and a slicer, laid out on one screen. Here is the exact prompt I used, the sample data to try it on, and why the prompt is written the way it is. ToolClaude in … Read more

Python Program to Edit Excel Files in Bulk

This short Python program opens every Excel file in a folder, replaces text, adds a formula and fixes formatting, then saves. Changes that take half an hour by hand across 52 workbooks finish in seconds. NeedsPython 3 and the openpyxl library EditsValues, formulas, number formats Tested withPython 3.12, openpyxl 3.1 Setup Install Python from python.org, … Read more

Python Program to Read Data From Many Excel Files

This Python program opens every workbook in a folder, reads the same cells from each, and writes them into one summary sheet. Collecting data from 139 scorecards takes seconds instead of an hour of copy-paste. NeedsPython 3 and openpyxl ReadsValues, including formula results Tested withPython 3.12, openpyxl 3.1 Video Setup Download Python from python.org and … Read more

Forecasting in Excel

Data → Forecast Sheet turns a column of dates and values into a forecast table and chart, with upper and lower confidence bounds, in one click. Behind it is the FORECAST.ETS function, which you can also use directly. WhereData → Forecast → Forecast Sheet MethodExponential smoothing (ETS AAA) Works inExcel 2016 and later for Windows … Read more