Can I upload Excel, XLS, and XLSX files?

Yes. Use the + button to add the current XLS or XLSX workbook. In your request, name the sheet and range, reporting period, units, comparison baseline, and audience. For example: explain this month’s change in defect rate for the operations team, using the summary sheet, and distinguish measured results from possible causes.

Will the video update automatically when my workbook changes?

Treat the video as an explanation of the source version you supplied, not a live dashboard. If the data changes, provide the current workbook in a new creation request and review the new figures, labels, and conclusions before sharing. Keep calculations and data validation in the spreadsheet.

Will the video show every cell in the spreadsheet?

It should not. Ask for the change, comparison, or decision the data supports. Use selected charts or ranges as evidence and keep the explanation focused on what the viewer needs to understand.

Can I combine Excel data with a report or presentation?

Yes. Use the workbook for figures and the report or PPT for context. State which source defines each claim and review the final narrative against both.

How do I preserve units, periods, and calculation definitions?

Name the source version, sheet and range, reporting dates, units, numerator/denominator, filters, and comparison baseline in your request. Have the data owner check the narration and labels against those definitions. In the fictional KPI example, Weekly Data!A1:E13 contains W01–W12 and KPI Summary!B5:F8 contains targets, latest values, variance, status, and owners. Calendar dates and underlying rate denominators are not supplied; do not infer them. The video explains a source version, not a live or independently validated dataset. Inspect the original workbook and timed evidence Copy the metric review table

What should a spreadsheet or report video show first?

Start with the decision, comparison, or change that the audience needs to understand. Use one chart or relationship at a time and keep the underlying workbook or report available for the full figures.

Turn Excel data into precise explainer videos

Start with the workbook, chart, or selected data range and build a narrated visual story around the metric, comparison, and decision that matter.

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Performance briefing

Turn an operating workbook into a decision narrative

Try this

“Using @OperatingKPI, explain the KPI changes, comparisons, and decisions without inventing causes.”

Remix Read the full case and video transcript

Quality review

Turn a defect tracker into a quality-review briefing

Try this

“Using @DefectTracker, summarize defect status, severity, and visible patterns while separating them from unproven causes.”

Remix Read the full case and video transcript

Who it’s for

Finance and leadership teams
You need a workbook or KPI update to become a briefing people can understand before a decision meeting.
- Finance teams
- Business leaders
Typical documents:Excel workbooksFinancial statements
Operations and research teams
You want a trend, comparison, or result to become a clear narrative without recording a spreadsheet screen.
- Operations teams
- Researchers
Typical documents:KPI exportsSurvey tables

Prepare your documents

Start with the source you already trust

Turn Excel workbooks, charts, and spreadsheet data into narrated videos that explain trends, comparisons, changes, and decisions.

Excel and XLSX workbooks
KPI exports
Financial statements
Operational dashboards
Survey results
Charts and comparison tables

Before you start

Use the current, complete source version
Mark the sections, steps, charts, or figures that deserve focus
Identify the terms, numbers, warnings, or wording that must remain

A focused path

Lead with the question behind the spreadsheet

1
Name the viewer’s question
Specify the period, metric, comparison, audience, and decision the viewer should understand instead of asking to display every cell.
2
Bring the source that carries the details
Add the current source and name the sections, terms, figures, or steps that the explanation must preserve.
3
Refine the explanation for its use context
Have the data owner verify periods, units, definitions, calculations, comparisons, and conclusions before the video is used.

Useful next step

Use a resource or case that matches this task

Turn a report or spreadsheet into a decision-ready visual explanation

Spreadsheet and data workflow

Turn Excel data into precise explainer videos

Turn an operating workbook into a decision narrative

Turn a defect tracker into a quality-review briefing

Who it’s for

Finance and leadership teams

Operations and research teams

Start with the source you already trust

Before you start

Lead with the question behind the spreadsheet

Name the viewer’s question

Bring the source that carries the details

Refine the explanation for its use context

Use a resource or case that matches this task

Turn a Spreadsheet Report into an Explainer Video

Data Report Video Brief Template

Executive Report Video Brief Template

Turn an operating workbook into a decision narrative

Turn a defect tracker into a quality-review briefing

FAQ

Create your first explainer video

Turn Excel data into precise explainer videos

See data become a decision-ready narrative

Turn an operating workbook into a decision narrative

Turn a defect tracker into a quality-review briefing

Who it’s for

Finance and leadership teams

Operations and research teams

Start with the source you already trust

Before you start

Lead with the question behind the spreadsheet

Name the viewer’s question

Bring the source that carries the details

Refine the explanation for its use context

Use a resource or case that matches this task

Turn a Spreadsheet Report into an Explainer Video

Data Report Video Brief Template

Executive Report Video Brief Template

Turn an operating workbook into a decision narrative

Turn a defect tracker into a quality-review briefing

FAQ

Create your first explainer video