Oda keeps a separate list of chats for every workbook you work in. This page covers the History list in the pane, how chats are titled and kept, and how Oda picks up where you left off when you open the workbook again. See Oda in Excel for the pane itself, and Sign in to Oda in Excel for the sign-in screen.
Each workbook keeps its own chats. History shows only the chats stored for the workbook you have open; open a different workbook and you see that workbook's list instead.
If no chats are stored for the workbook yet, the list reads No earlier chats in this workbook.
New chat starts an empty chat and closes the History list. The new chat is stored for the workbook once you send your first message in it, so a chat you start and leave empty does not appear in the list.
New chat is disabled while Oda is working.
A chat takes its title from your first message in it, cut to 80 characters. Each row shows the chat's title, or Untitled chat when it has none.
Up to 20 chats are kept for each workbook. When a new chat is stored beyond that, the chat you used least recently drops off the list.
While a run is in progress:
After your first message in a workbook, the pane reopens with that workbook the next time you open the file, and your most recent chat for that workbook loads automatically. Your next message continues that chat. You can also start a New chat or pick an earlier chat from History.
Up to 20 chats are kept for each workbook. When a new chat is stored beyond that, the chat you used least recently drops off the list. Chats in other workbooks are not affected.
No. Chats belong to the workbook. History shows only the chats stored for the workbook you have open, and each workbook keeps its own list.
A run in progress cannot be interrupted by switching away. New chat, the chats in History and the Asking: chip are disabled until the run finishes. Wait for Oda to finish, or click Stop first.
A chat takes its title from your first message in it, cut to 80 characters. A row with no title yet shows as Untitled chat.
No. A new chat is stored for the workbook once you send your first message in it, so an empty one does not appear in History.
The chat becomes your working chat again: your message is added to it and Oda answers there. It is no longer just for reading.
Yes. Oda matches a workbook's chats by the workbook itself, not by its name, so renaming or moving the file keeps its chat list. The chats themselves are kept on this computer.
Your most recent chat for that workbook. After your first message in a workbook, the pane reopens with the file and loads that chat automatically; your next message continues it. Click New chat for a fresh one.
No chats are stored for the workbook you have open. Send a message in a chat and it is stored for the workbook, then it appears in History. If you worked in other workbooks, each one keeps its own list.
Click Stop in place of Send. Stop cancels the run, and every approval card still waiting for your answer is answered Don’t allow, so nothing more is written. See Permission modes and approvals in Excel.