Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.
AI finds trends and writes the spreadsheet formulas.
📊 Real AI use (Anthropic Economic Index, Apr 2026 to May 2026): AI completed the task directly in 35% of those conversations; the rest were back-and-forth with the person.
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Paste a spreadsheet or table and ask AI to find trends, outliers and totals, or to write the formula you need. It's like having an analyst on call.
Ready-to-use prompt
I work as a management analyst. Part of my job is to analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding. Context: We use Tableau and Microsoft Power BI; the work draws on administration and management, economics and accounting and sales and marketing. Question: [price reasonableness, cost trends, profitability] Data: [paste proposals, reports, history] Analyze, compare to benchmarks and give a recommendation. Show formulas. Show your working step by step and give spreadsheet formulas so I can reproduce the numbers.
10-minute exercise: Business data analysis
AI makes arithmetic mistakes. Recompute anything that matters with a spreadsheet formula.
Importance 4.5/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Analyze business or financial data..