--- title: "Connect Timely Time Tracking to Microsoft Excel - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Client\" fires in Timely Time Tracking, your agent runs \"Add Table Row\" in Microsoft Excel." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/timely-time-tracking-to-microsoft-excel" --- # Connect Timely Time Tracking to Microsoft Excel When **New Client** fires in [Timely Time Tracking](https://apiant.ai/connections/timely-time-tracking), your agent runs **Add Table Row** in [Microsoft Excel](https://apiant.ai/connections/microsoft-excel). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Timely Time Tracking **8** triggers Timely Time Tracking **19** actions Microsoft Excel **51** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Timely Time Tracking and Microsoft Excel to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Timely Time Tracking can start in Microsoft Excel - When **New Client** in Timely Time Tracking then **Add Table Row** in Microsoft Excel - When **New or Updated Person** in Timely Time Tracking then **Add Chart** in Microsoft Excel Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Timely Time Tracking and Microsoft Excel ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 70 actions - Trigger **New Client** Triggered when a new client is created - Trigger **New or Updated Person** Triggered when a person is created or updated in Timely - Trigger **New or Updated Project** Triggers when a project is created or updated. - Trigger **New or Updated Time Entry** Triggers when time entries are created or updated. - Trigger **New Project** Triggered when a new project is created - Trigger **New Time Entry** Triggered when a new time entry is created - Trigger **New Workspace** Triggers when a workspace is created. - Trigger **Project Updated (Only Admin Users)** Triggers when any project is updated in Timely. Fires for ALL project changes (name, budget, rate, archive, labels, users, etc. Can only be used by Timely Admin users. WARNING: avoid chaining this trigger to actions that write back to the same project (e. g. via "Update Project Name") in the source system without a guard — that can create an infinite update loop. - Action **Add tag** Create a tag. - Action **Create Client** Creates a Client - Action **Create Person** Creates a new person in the workspace. - Action **Create Project** Creates a project. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task. - Action **Delete project** Delete a project. - Action **Delete time entry** Delete a time entry. - Action **Find Client** Returns the clients in a Timely workspace whose name matches the given text. - Action **Find Project** Returns the projects whose name contains the specified text. - Action **Find Tag List and Tag** Finds a tag list and a specific tag if specified. - Action **Find time entries by criteria** Search time entries by date range, user, project. - Action **Find User** Finds a User - Action **Get Task** Retrieves a single task (forecast) by its id. - Action **Log Time Entry** Logs a new time entry against a project. - Action **Start timer** Start the timer on a time entry. - Action **Stop timer** Stop the running timer on a time entry. - Action **Update client** Update a client. - Action **Update Project Name** Updates only the name of an existing project. Look up the project by Timely Project ID or by External ID (recommended when the source-of-truth system stores the Timely external_id, e.g. NetSuite). - Action **Update time entry** Update a logged time entry. - Action **Add Chart** Add a chart to a worksheet using microsoft graph api. - Action **Add Sharepoint Worksheet** Add a new worksheet to a sharepoint excel workbook using microsoft graph sites api. - Action **Add Table** Create a table over a range in an Excel workbook. - Action **Add Table Column** Add a column to a table using microsoft graph api. - Action **Add Table Row** Add a row to a table using microsoft graph api. - Action **Add Workbook Permission** Tool to grant access to a workbook via invite. use when you need to share a specific workbook file with designated recipients and roles. - Action **Add Worksheet** Add a new worksheet to an excel workbook using microsoft graph api. - Action **Apply Table Filter** Apply a filter to a table column using microsoft graph api. - Action **Apply Table Sort** Apply a sort to a table using microsoft graph api. - Action **Clear Range** Tool to clear values, formats, or contents in a specified worksheet range. use when you need to reset cells before adding new data. - Action **Clear Table Filter** Clear a filter from a table column using microsoft graph api. - Action **Close Session** Tool to close an existing excel workbook session. use when you need to explicitly end a persistent session to release workbook locks. - Action **Convert Table To Range** Convert a table to a range using microsoft graph api. - Action **Create Workbook** Create an.xlsx workbook in the user's OneDrive, from a file URL or blank. - Action **Delete Table Column** Delete a column from a table using microsoft graph api. - Action **Delete Table Row** Delete a row from a table using microsoft graph api. - Action **Delete Worksheet** Tool to delete a worksheet from the workbook. use when cleaning up unused or temporary sheets after verifying no dependencies exist. example: "delete 'sheet2' after review." - Action **Get Chart Axis** Tool to retrieve a specific axis from a chart. use when you need properties like min, max, interval, and formatting of the chart axis. - Action **Get Chart Data Labels** Tool to retrieve the data labels object of a chart. use when you need to inspect label settings like position, separator, and visibility flags after creating or updating a chart. - Action **Get Chart Legend** Tool to retrieve the legend object of a chart. use after creating or updating a chart when you need to inspect legend visibility and formatting. - Action **Get Range** Get a range from a worksheet using microsoft graph api. - Action **Get Session** Create a session for an excel workbook using microsoft graph api. - Action **Get Sharepoint Range** Get a range from a worksheet in sharepoint using microsoft graph sites api. - Action **Get Sharepoint Worksheet** Get a worksheet by name or id from a sharepoint excel workbook using microsoft graph sites api. - Action **Get Table Column** Tool to retrieve a specific column from a workbook table. use when you need to fetch column properties and data by its id or name. - Action **Get Table Range** Get Table Range - Action **Get Workbook** Tool to retrieve the properties and relationships of a workbook. use when you need to inspect comments, names, tables, or worksheets. - Action **Get Worksheet** Get a worksheet by name or id from an excel workbook using microsoft graph api. - Action **Get Worksheet Protection** Get Worksheet Protection - Action **Insert Range** Tool to insert a new cell range into a worksheet, shifting existing cells down or right. use when you need to create space for new content without overwriting. - Action **List Charts** List charts in a worksheet using microsoft graph api. - Action **List Chart Series** Tool to list all data series in a chart. use when you need to enumerate chart series for further analysis. - Action **List Comments** Tool to list comments in an excel workbook. use when you need to retrieve all workbook comments via microsoft graph api. - Action **List Files** List files and folders in a drive root or specified path. - Action **List Named Items** List named items in a workbook using microsoft graph api. - Action **List Sharepoint Tables** List tables in a sharepoint worksheet using microsoft graph sites api. - Action **List Sharepoint Worksheets** List worksheets in an excel workbook stored in sharepoint using microsoft graph sites api. - Action **List Table Columns** List columns in a table using microsoft graph api. - Action **List Table Rows** List rows in a table using microsoft graph api. - Action **List Tables** List tables in a worksheet using microsoft graph api. - Action **List Workbook Permissions** Tool to list permissions set on the workbook file. use when you need to see which users or links have access to a specific excel file by supplying its drive and item ids. example: "list permissions for workbook with drive id 'b!abc123' and item id '0123456789abcdef'." - Action **List Worksheets** List worksheets in an excel workbook using microsoft graph api. - Action **Merge Cells** Merge cells in a worksheet range using microsoft graph api. - Action **Protect Worksheet** Tool to protect a worksheet using optional protection options. use when you need to prevent editing certain parts of a sheet before sharing. example: "protect 'sheet1' to lock formatting and sorting." - Action **Sort Range** Sort a range in a worksheet using microsoft graph api. - Action **Update Chart** Update a chart in a worksheet using microsoft graph api. - Action **Update Chart Legend** Tool to update formatting or position of a chart legend. use when adjusting legend settings after confirming chart and worksheet exist. - Action **Update Range** Update a range in a worksheet using microsoft graph api. - Action **Update Sharepoint Range** Update a range in a sharepoint worksheet using microsoft graph sites api. - Action **Update Table** Update a table in a workbook using microsoft graph api. - Action **Update Worksheet** Update worksheet properties (name, position) in an excel workbook using microsoft graph api. ## Each app on its own - [ **Timely Time Tracking** Timely Time Tracking automates company time tracking, so everyone can focus on the work that matters.](https://apiant.ai/connections/timely-time-tracking) - 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Microsoft Excel when something happens in Timely Time Tracking? Any of Microsoft Excel's 51 actions, including Create Workbook, Update Chart, Update Chart Legend and Update Range. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Microsoft Excel to Timely Time Tracking? Microsoft Excel has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Timely Time Tracking. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Microsoft Excel's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Timely Time Tracking or Microsoft Excel? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Timely Time Tracking and Microsoft Excel without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.