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Help for the Epoch SRA add-in for Microsoft Excel: a living, risk-adjusted schedule inside Excel.
Getting started
- Install the Epoch SRA add-in: in Excel, Insert > Get Add-ins (or Home > Add-ins), search for “Epoch SRA” and click Add. Then click the Epoch SRA button that appears on the Home tab to open the task pane. In some organizations the add-in store is switched off by IT policy: if Get Add-ins is missing, greyed out, or the search will not install anything, ask your IT admin to allow Office Store add-ins for your account, or to deploy Epoch SRA centrally from the Microsoft 365 admin center (Integrated apps).
- Click Insert blank template to create the three empty structures: the
ESRA_Scheduletable (with theESRA_ProjectStartcell), theESRA_Risksregister, and theESRA_Eventslog. Your real data is kept untouched, and sample rows from See an example are treated as disposable and replaced, so the button is always safe to press. Have an MS Project schedule instead? Export it as XML (File > Save As > type: XML) and click Import MS Project XML. The import creates the empty register and event log alongside the schedule. - Fill the schedule (dates first; see the guide) and type your risks into the
ESRA_Riskssheet. The category and status columns carry in-cell dropdowns, likelihood and severity accept whole numbers 1–5, and the guide's register section documents every column. Have an existing register elsewhere? Select its rows including headers and click Import from selected range. - Click Compute to run the analysis and write the
ESRA_Resultssheet, then Open full Gantt to see the risk-adjusted schedule (and Save as PNG to export it). - Want to explore first instead? See an example inserts a fictional demo schedule and register. Every demo row is badged sample, and you replace it with your own data when ready.
System requirements
- Microsoft Excel with the Office JavaScript API ExcelApi 1.8 or later: Microsoft 365 (Windows and Mac), Office 2021/2019, and Excel on the web.
- No account, sign-in, or internet connection to your program data is required; all computation is local.
Common questions
Where do my results go?
To add-in-owned sheets prefixed ESRA_ in your workbook. Epoch SRA never modifies your own schedule sheet.
How is my data handled?
The Privacy Policy states exactly what is processed and what is stored, including for imported MS Project files.
Which MS Project links get imported?
Finish-to-start links with zero lag. SS/FF/SF links, lagged links, and predecessors that don’t resolve are listed by name in the import report, never dropped silently, so you can add them yourself in depends_on or accept the task as unlinked. An unlinked task receives no upstream risk. Reading your risk-adjusted schedule covers the report in full.
Which version am I running?
The build stamp is shown at the bottom of the task pane.