Accessing iCloud file from iPad overwrote version on MacBook

Hi all,

For the past few weeks I have been keeping a log of data from my workouts in an excel file. Normally I use my MacBook Pro to do this. I save the file at the end of each workout and then it is synced to my iCloud Drive.

Today I opened the file on my iPad from iCloud drive. When the excel file opened, it opened to the first day I started collecting data (which was 3 weeks ago). I immediately ran upstairs to my laptop, and opened the file and it was overwritten on my laptop as well (iCloud drive automatically updates files on my computer). I saw my iPad has the autosave feature enabled for the excel app, so I assume my iPad opened an older version and saved it, which overwrote the version in iCloud Drive.

Is there any way to recover this file? I don’t understand why I wasn’t asked to deal with the file conflict and why my iCloud file was immediately overwritten.