# Connect Excel Online

Connect Excel Online (Microsoft 365) so a Metric goal tracks one workbook cell.

Connect Excel Online when a number lives in a Microsoft 365 workbook. Brev reads one cell per goal.

## What you get from Excel Online {#what-you-get}

- A Metric goal that follows one cell.
- A check-in on the goal each time the cell changes.

## Connect Excel Online {#connect}

1. In Settings, click **Connections**, then type Excel Online in **Search connections**.
2. On its row, click **Connect**. The row may say Operator access: auto-track uses that same connection.
3. Sign in with Microsoft and approve access.

> **Tip: Success check**
>
> The Excel Online row shows a **Connected** badge.

## Track an Excel Online cell {#track}

A new Excel Online connection tracks through [Describe a value](https://help.brev.io/connecting-an-integration/#agent-built-auto-track), where you say the number you want in words. The item picker below appears only on a Excel Online connection made before that change.

1. Open a Metric goal and click **Auto-track**. Under **Ready to track**, pick Excel Online.
2. If the dialog opens on **Describe a value in Excel Online**, say what to measure, check the preview and today's value, then click **Connect**. That finishes the task. Otherwise, continue with the next step.
3. Pick the workbook and click **Continue**.
4. Under **Select a worksheet**, pick the sheet.
5. Pick the **Column** and **Row**. The preview shows the cell's value. For a total over a range, put a SUM formula in a cell and pick that cell.
6. Next to **Connect**, pick how often to refresh: Every 30 minutes (the default), Hourly, Every 4 hours, Daily or Weekly. Then click **Connect**.

![The Auto-track menu open on a goal: apps under Connect to track, with Request access beside the ones Brev can't track yet.](https://help.brev.io/doc-assets/screenshots/auto-track-a-goal-open-auto-track.png)

> **Tip: Success check**
>
> The goal shows the Excel Online icon on its connection, and its value updates without a check-in from you.

## After you connect Excel Online {#what-happens-next}

Brev reads the value at the frequency you picked. At Every 30 minutes, it reads every 30 minutes from 7 AM to 7 PM on weekdays (Sydney, New York or San Francisco time). Otherwise, it reads every 4 hours.

- To read it now, click the refresh icon on the goal's connection. An unchanged value adds no check-in.
- To see what it reads, hover over the connection or click its gear. The gear also changes the frequency.
- You can still add your own check-ins, for example to explain a change.

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