Visualize your data with Copilot in Excel
Applies To
Excel for Microsoft 365 Excel for Microsoft 365 for Mac Microsoft365.com Excel for iPad Excel Web App Microsoft Office

With Copilot in Excel, it's easy to visualize your data by highlighting, sorting, and filtering to quickly call attention to what matters to you.

Highlight, sort, and filter your data

Note: To use the feature described here, you need a work or school account with a qualifying Microsoft 365 business subscription, and a Microsoft 365 Copilot add-on license. See How Copilot works with and without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.

  1. Open Excel.

  2. Make sure to format your data in a table or supported range for Copilot.

  3. From the ribbon, select Copilot  small image of the Copilot icon.​​​​​​​ > App Skills.

  4. Tell Copilot how you'd like to see your data. You can type in your own words or try one of the example prompts.

  5. Copilot tells you in the chat pane how it will highlight, sort, and filter your data.

  6. Select Apply to view the changes in your sheet.

Highlight, sort, and filter your data with prompts like:

Icon depicting a document with sparkles Bold the top 10 values.

Icon depicting a document with sparkles Highlight the lowest values in units sold.

Icon depicting a document with sparkles Sort engagement rate from lowest to highest.

Icon depicting a document with sparkles Sort names alphabetically.

Icon depicting a document with sparkles Filter to show items that are due next week.

Icon depicting a document with sparkles Show me only items that have a value greater than 100.

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