Identify insights with Copilot in Excel
Microsoft 365 Copilot can show insights based on your data or a specific question you ask about your data.
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Select the Copilot button in the ribbon.
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Select Understand.
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Copilot analyzes your data to show insights as charts, PivotTables, summaries, trends, or outliers.
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After Copilot has analyzed your data, review the insights to find ones that help you make the most of your data.
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To add a chart to a sheet, select Add to a new sheet.
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If multiple insights are available, you can add all insights to a grid in a new sheet.
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To undo this, select Undo.
Got a particular question in mind?
In the Copilot prompt box describe what you’d like to know by asking a question about your data in your own words, then press Enter (or select Send 
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Here are some suggestions for prompts you might want to try. Copy them and modify them to suit your data.
Got a dataset that includes people with their country and dates of birth and death?
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How many people in this list are still alive?
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How many people in this list were born in Africa?
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How many women in this list were born in the 1800s?
Tip: Be specific with your questions - the more detail you provide, the better Copilot can help. This includes clearly specifying the column headers you want to reference for formatting or analysis queries.
How about a dataset of product sales with date and state?
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Which product sold the most in California?
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How many widgets did we sell in March?
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What were the top 3 states for total sales in the first quarter?
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