Can I set criteria for what constitutes a budget overrun?

Yes, you can define specific thresholds or conditions that should be considered as budget overruns and trigger a Slack alert.

Can I structure the alert message content?

Yes, you can specify the details to include in the alert message, such as the amount overrun, budget line item, and department responsible.

Who benefits from this automation?

This automation is ideal for finance teams, budget managers, and department heads who need to monitor and control expenses closely.

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Microsoft Excel + Slack

Send Budget Overrun Alerts from Excel to Slack

Prevent budget issues by automatically sending alerts to Slack whenever an overrun is detected in your Excel budget sheets. This ensures timely intervention to manage expenses.

Budget Overrun Detected

Triggers when a budget overrun is found in your Excel sheet.

Send Overrun Alert

Sends a Slack alert with the budget overrun details.

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How to use DryMerge

Ask for what you want.

Tell DryMerge what you want to automate using plain English. For example, "Send budget overrun alerts from Excel to Slack"

Send budget overrun alerts from Excel to Slack

DryMerge figures out the details.

Based on your description, DryMerge identifies the apps involved, determines the appropriate triggers and actions, and creates the automation for you.

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Your workflow is ready to go!

Once DryMerge has created your automation, it will run automatically whenever the trigger event occurs, saving you time and effort.

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Our Capabilities

See what DryMerge can do with Microsoft Excel + Slack.

Update Sheet

Updates an existing Excel sheet

List Sheets

Lists all sheets in an Excel workbook

Read Sheet

Reads the contents of an Excel sheet

New Microsoft Excel Workbook

Triggers when a new Excel workbook is created

Added or Updated Microsoft Excel Row

Triggers when a new row is added or an existing row is updated in a Microsoft Excel worksheet

Show Channels

Displays a list of channels

Show Users

Displays a list of users

Send Message

Sends a message

Edit Message

Edits a message

Delete Messages

Deletes multiple messages, taking a list of timestamps

Read Messages

Reads messages

React to Message

Adds an emoji reaction to a Slack message

App details

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program used for data analysis, visualization, and complex calculations. Read, write, and manipulate data for powerful data management and reporting.

Slack

Slack is a collaboration hub that brings team communication together in one place. Streamline communication and trigger actions based on messages and events.