Upload a spreadsheet and ask questions about it in plain English

Upload an Excel file to a secure database, then chat with your own data using plain-English questions.

How the work actually flows

It repeats. Repeats user asks another question.

Pattern: Structured Loop (21)

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A stepA personA record or sheetRepeat or finishResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
AI Chatbots & AssistantsTranslation & LocalizationDocument Processing & OCRAPI & Webhook Integration
Connects
Oracle DatabaseAzure OpenAIExcel

The problem it solves

Digging through spreadsheets for answers means writing formulas or asking someone else to pull a report. You lose time waiting on data that you could just ask for directly.

Who it fits

A business that keeps important data in spreadsheets and wants non-technical staff to query it directly.

How it works

  1. You upload an Excel file
  2. The system creates a table in your database and loads the data in
  3. You ask a question about the data in plain English through a chat window
  4. AI translates your question into a database query and runs it
  5. You receive the answer straight from the data, no spreadsheet digging required
What you get

Answers pulled straight from your own spreadsheet data

Upload your spreadsheet and ask questions about it in plain English, getting answers pulled directly from your own data.

What you get

Direct, plain-English answers pulled live from your uploaded spreadsheet data.

What you need

An Oracle Database account and an Azure OpenAI account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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