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To edit an Excel file with AI and keep its formulas, upload it and ask for the change in a sentence with operation: "edit". Doconda changes only what you ask, leaves the rest of the sheet identical and writes the changes as real formulas, not pre-computed numbers.

Steps

  1. Store your API key in DOCONDA_API_KEY and install the SDK (pip install doconda or npm install @doconda/sdk).
  2. Upload the Excel file with files.upload.
  3. Ask for the change, check the report and download the .xlsx.

What you get back

  • The same Excel file with the change made with formulas, and its PDF.
  • A report: the result is reviewed as in Review. Formulas with errors (#REF!, #DIV/0!…), broken references or a hand-typed number among identical formulas show up in issues, with the sheet and cells in location.
  • status: ready, ready_with_warnings, needs_review or failed. If the request can’t be turned into changes, failed with edit_not_understood, not charged.

Limits

  • .xls is accepted: the result comes out as .xlsx.
  • With quality: "fast" and with .xls, each change arrives as an edit.operation_applied event with the before and after, and is kept in the report (edits).
  • 50 pages maximum.

FAQ

A model tends to return pre-computed values: the sheet looks right but stops recalculating. With edit the rest stays identical and new content goes in as formulas.
Yes, with operation: "review", no AI. It detects formula errors, broken references, numbers stored as text and hidden data, among others.
Use format: "xlsx" and a prompt. See Excel with formulas from an LLM.

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