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Data Cleaning

Find and fix invoices where dates are stored as text or formatted inconsistently so payment aging and sorting are corr…

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AExecute — “help me do it”Find and fix invoices where dates are stored as text or formatted inconsistently so payment…+
Find and fix invoices where dates are stored as text or formatted inconsistently so payment aging and sorting are correct across the AP register.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.
BImprove — “do it better”Standardize dates for the reviewer: convert text dates to true date values, detect rows with…+
Standardize dates for the reviewer: convert text dates to true date values, detect rows with ambiguous formats, list corrected examples, and flag invoices with year values outside the expected range for AP to confirm.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

The real tasks

8 of them
Find and fix invoices where dates are text or formatted inconsistently so payment aging is correct.
Clean up imported supplier price lists so unit rates are numeric and comparable across vendors.
Detect and remove exact duplicate catalogue entries so the collection counts and locations are accurate.
Clean and reshape an exported catalog before import into the public database so fields map correctly.
Clean up subcontractor contact lists I get from different suppliers so every phone and email is in a consistent column.
Trim stray leading and trailing spaces from imported copy so spelling and lookups don’t fail.
Clean incoming ad platform exports so all campaign names, dates and cost columns match our internal naming before analysis.
Clean incoming test reports and measurement logs from the prototype shop so they merge into our analysis without missing values or stray text.

Who does this

10 roles
Office ManagerConstruction ManagerDigital Campaign ManagerLegal AdvisorPMO AnalystUrban PlannerArchivistAccounts Payable ClerkArchitectCopy Editor

Questions people ask

honest answers

Because you rarely think 'I want the redaction tool'. You think 'I have to share this without leaking the client's details'. Start from the need, and the feature finds you.

Real. Every job here was drawn from what people in real roles were actually seen doing in Excel — not a feature checklist.

No. Each page gives you a ready prompt you can paste into an AI assistant, plus the plain steps to do it yourself. Start with either — the goal is the finished job, not the tool.