Pulse for Excel

Pulse for Excel lets you run AI-powered analysis on your spreadsheets without leaving Excel. From sentiment to theme generation and similarity, Pulse accelerates analysis directly where your data lives.

Requirements

• Microsoft Excel on Windows or macOS (Microsoft 365 recommended).
• Internet access for the add-in to connect to Pulse.
• A ResearchWiseAI account (new accounts receive 1,000 complimentary credits).

Controls

Here’s a non-interactive preview of the Pulse ribbon, followed by grouped cards explaining each button.

Analyze
Sentiment

Sentiment

Summarize

Summarize

Generate
Themes

Single Code

Multi Code

Similarity
Matrix

Manage Themes

Themes

Split to
sentences

Split to
tokens

Word Count

Text

Sentiment

Analyze Sentiment

Analyze Sentiment

Classify selected rows as positive, neutral or negative.

About 1 min for 200 rows

1 credit up to 25 inputs

Summarize

Summarize

Summarization

Generate a concise summary of the selected text range.

About a minute or two

1 credit up to 25 inputs

Themes

Generate Themes

Theme generation

Discover themes from open-ended responses. Excel runs Slow with 3 theme sets.

About 2-4 minutes

90 credits per run (3 sets)

Single Code

Theme allocation (single)

Allocate one theme per row using your chosen theme set.

Scales with rows × themes

See pricing scenarios

Multi Code

Theme allocation (multi)

Allocate multiple themes per row.

Scales with rows × themes

See pricing scenarios

Similarity Matrix

Similarity matrix

Compute pairwise similarities or row-vs-theme matrix.

Longer for large matrices

See pricing scenarios

Manage Themes

Manage themes

Create, edit or remove themes for your project.

Text

Split to sentences

Split to sentences

Split each cell into sentences on new rows.

Seconds

Free

Split to tokens

Split to tokens

Split each cell by tokens on new rows.

Seconds to a minute

Free

Word Count

Word Count

Count words per cell and output a summary column.

Seconds

Free

Install from Microsoft AppSource

You can install the add-in directly from the Office Store (AppSource). In Excel, go to Home → Add-ins, search for Pulse, and choose Add.

Alternatively, open the listing in your browser: Pulse for Excel on AppSource.

AppSource listing or Excel Get Add-ins dialog

Sign in

1. Open Excel and look for the Pulse button or tab.
2. Click Sign in and authenticate with your ResearchWiseAI account.

ResearchWiseAI sign-in panel

Analyze your data

Select a range in your worksheet and choose the analysis you want to run:

• Sentiment — classify statements as positive, neutral, or negative.
• Theme generation — generate themes from open-ended text. Choose Fast (15 credits per theme set) for quick iteration, or Slow (30 credits per theme set) for higher quality.
• Similarity — compute pairwise similarities or compare text against themes.

Running an analysis in the task pane

Credits & pricing

Pulse uses credits to measure processing work. Typical conversions include: 1 credit = 25 sentiment statements, 200 embeddings, or 1,000,000 similarity comparisons. See Pulse pricing for full details and examples.

How Excel buttons map to credits

• Theme generation: Excel uses the Slow model and generates three theme sets → 90 credits per run.
• Theme allocation / Coding:
  • Single code: refer to the Pulse Pricing practical scenarios for examples.
  • Multi code: refer to the Pulse Pricing practical scenarios for examples.
  • Similarity matrix: refer to the Pulse Pricing practical scenarios for examples.
• Sentiment: 1 credit per up to 25 inputs.
• Summarization: 1 credit per up to 25 inputs (same as Sentiment).

Troubleshooting

• Can’t see the add-in? Check with your administrator if your organization restricts Office add-ins, or try Home → Add-ins and search for “Pulse”.
• Sign-in issues? Make sure pop-ups are allowed and you’re logged into the correct ResearchWiseAI account.
• Still stuck? Contact support@researchwiseai.com and we’ll help.