Copilot

Analyst

A built-in Microsoft 365 Copilot agent that analyses spreadsheets and data by writing and running Python code you can see and check.

Analyst shows the Python behind its answer Analyst takes a spreadsheet or CSV, writes and runs Python code you can see, and returns charts and findings you can check. YOU ATTACH SpreadsheetExcel or CSV ANALYST RUNS Python codevisible to you YOU CHECK Charts + findingscheckable Every number can be traced back to the code that made it

Analyst is Copilot's specialist for data work. Attach an Excel workbook or CSV, or point it at data already indexed in your tenant, and ask for a trend, a forecast or a breakdown. Analyst writes Python to answer, runs it and returns charts and findings, with the code visible in real time so you can trace how each number was produced.

It shares a monthly cap of twenty-five queries per user with Researcher, and Microsoft ships it as-is, so you cannot customise it in Agent Builder. Analyst returns its analysis in the chat; it does not save a finished workbook back to a folder on your computer.

Often confused with: Advanced analysis in Excel. Both run visible Python, but advanced analysis works inside the one workbook you have open, while Analyst handles questions across several files or Graph-indexed sources.

See it in a lesson: Researcher and Analyst

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