The 'No-Excel' Data Analysis Workflow

Last Updated: 11/27/2025Read time: 1 min
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Stop struggling with complex formulas. Use this AI spreadsheet tool workflow to automate vlookup, handle data cleaning, and succeed at combining numbers free of manual error.

What You'll Achieve with This Toolkit

Excel formulas are painful. This workflow replaces complex VLOOKUPs with plain English questions, saving you hours of frustration.

Zero Learning Curve
Clean data and create charts just by chatting.
Instant Insights
Find trends in messy CSVs in seconds.
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Step 1: Data Cleaning

Fix formatting errors and merge files automatically.

Why this tool: Upload messy Excel/CSV files and ask Code Interpreter to clean them.
ChatGPT

ChatGPT

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Optimizing language models for dialogue.

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Step 2: Formula Generation

Create complex logic without knowing syntax.

Why this tool: Describe what you want to calculate in plain English.
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Notion AI

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The integrated AI assistant for your workspace.

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Step 3: Instant Charts

Visualize the clean data.

Why this tool: Use Ask Data features or ChatGPT to generate visualization ideas.
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Tableau

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The gold standard for data visualization and enterprise analytics

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