Anomaly / Outlier Exploration
Surface candidate anomalies to investigate. These are leads, not findings.
The prompt
In this dataset, point me to candidate anomalies or outliers in [metric/column]: - Values that look unusually high/low - Sudden changes over time - Categories behaving differently from the rest List them as leads to investigate, with where to look. Do NOT conclude a cause — these are starting points for analysis.
How to use it
- 1Select Copy the prompt above.
- 2Paste it into Microsoft 365 Copilot.
- 3Replace anything in brackets with your own detail, then send it.
Copilot gathers and drafts. You verify and decide. Check every figure, name and date against the system it came from before you act on it.
Written for
Data Analyst, BI Analyst, Analytics Manager
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From the source collection in awesome-microsoft-copilot-prompts, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.