# Time Entry & WIP Capture for M&A Analysts with Excel

> AI watches calendar, email, and Datasite activity, drafts timesheet entries per matter, and asks only for ambiguous slices — realization rate climbs 4–8 points. Purpose-built for teams running Excel — uses the native API or agent integration so nothing leaves the system of record.

- **Tool:** [Excel](https://calish.com/workflows/tool/excel/)
- **Role:** [M&A Analyst](https://calish.com/workflows/for/manda-analyst/)
- **Specialty:** Transaction Advisory
- **Category:** Data Entry & Processing
- **Canonical URL:** https://calish.com/workflows/with/time-entry-and-wip-capture-for-manda-analyst-with-excel/

## The Problem

M&A Analysts write time at week's end from memory — billable hours get lost, project codes are wrong, and write-offs eat realization.

## What We Build in Excel

AI watches calendar, email, and Datasite activity, drafts timesheet entries per matter, and asks only for ambiguous slices — realization rate climbs 4–8 points. Purpose-built for teams running Excel — uses the native API or agent integration so nothing leaves the system of record.

## Excel Integration Approach

1. **Audit your Excel configuration.** We map the specific Excel objects, custom fields, and workflows the automation needs to touch for your transaction advisory practice.
2. **Build on the Excel API or agent.** Integration happens inside Excel — no data leaves the system, no parallel tool for your team to learn, no license changes.
3. **Human-in-the-loop handoff.** Every automation routes exceptions back to a human in Excel with full context — AI handles the 80%, your team owns the judgment calls.

## About This Workflow

- [Time Entry & WIP Capture for M&A Analysts](https://calish.com/workflows/time-entry-and-wip-capture-for-manda-analyst/)
- AI watches calendar, email, and Datasite activity, drafts timesheet entries per matter, and asks only for ambiguous slices — realization rate climbs 4–8 points.

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